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Diabetes – the Essential Facts
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10 h
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- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 3 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Subtitles in German, Spanish, French, Russian
Course details
Syllabus
- Week 1 - Fundamentals of Diabetes
In this first module you will be introduced to the fundamentals about diabetes. This includes both the biomedical and public health aspects, such as a description of the different types of diabetes, a profile of the most at risk people and populations as well ... - Week 2 - Prevention and Treatment
In this second module you will be introduced to the important roles of nutrition and exercise when preventing and treating diabetes. We will have a more detailed look at the role of obesity and overweight and also focus on the challenges of fighting diabetes i... - Week 3 - Diabetes in the Future
In this final module we will discuss some of the new research and treatment methods for diabetes, such as surgery or microships, and then we will ask the researchers where they see the field going in the future. The last lesson will be followed by a short peer...
Prerequisite
None.
Instructors
Nicolai Jacob Wewer Albrechtsen
MD, GCSRT, PhD student
Department of Biomedical Sciences & NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research
Signe Sørensen Torekov
Associate Professor, MSc, PhD
Department of Biomedical Sciences & NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research
Jens Juul Holst
Professor, MD, DMSc
Department of Biomedical Sciences & NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research
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The University of Copenhagen is the oldest University in Denmark - founded in 1479, and with over 38,000 students and more than 9,000 employees. The purpose of the University is to conduct research and provide education to the highest academic level. Based in Denmark's capital city it is one of the top research institutions in Europe.
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