Across the globe, more people are suffering from obesity than at any other time in our history. Why has obesity become so common and so challenging? In this course, we will look at the root cause of obesity, as explained by the latest science. We will see how our food environment has evolved over the last half-century, and how it is altering our biology to over-consume calories and resist sustained weight loss. We will also see how stress, a sedentary lifestyle, and inadequate sleep disrupt our appetite control system to promote gaining weight. By developing a better understanding of the physiology behind obesity, you will learn how to work with your body to prevent and manage weight gain. This course will also provide practical tools and strategies for creating a long-term, sustainable weight management plan to leverage your habits and your surroundings.
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Weight Management: Beyond Balancing Calories
Emory UniversityAbout this Course
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Understand obesity, appetite hormones, and weight set point.
Identify the main dietary factors that affect weight.
Recognize underemphasized barriers to weight loss such as stress and inadequate sleep.
Develop a weight management plan you can follow for life.
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Understanding Obesity
Managing Obesity: The Role of Diet
Beyond Diet: The Role of Stress, Exercise, & Sleep
Using Habit & Emotions to Your Advantage
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TOP REVIEWS FROM WEIGHT MANAGEMENT: BEYOND BALANCING CALORIES
It is a very comprehensive course that will help you to change some old unhealthy habits and guide you towards a healthier lifestyle with an actual plan.
This course helped me to understand the nature of food, and how I can manage the weight without harming myself. I understood the logic and got new good habits.
The course really helped me understand the science behind weight loss and how to achieve it. Loved it, would absolutely recommend to people finding it difficult to shed some pounds.
It was very helpfull i gained a lot. it only needs a single improvement that article and statistics should be between 2016 to 2020 so that current studies can be seen
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