Nudge-it: Understanding obesity

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English

15 h

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From www.coursera.org

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Syllabus

Week 1: Evidence. The major aim of this course is to explore the evidence base for obesity science - whatwe know and what we don’t know. We'll highlight how the evidence sometimes contradicts commonly-held beliefs.

Week 2: Physiology.Exploring the neurobiological and hormonal control of appetite. How the environment interacts with our physiology to influence food choice.

Week 3: Psychology.The psychologicalcontrol of appetite. How cognition influences food choice.

Week 4: Stress. How early-life experience influences food choice in later life. Stress and emotional eating.

Week 5: Economics. How behavioural economics may deliver new ways of changing choicebehaviour. Food insecurity and health inequities.

Prerequisite

None.

Instructors

John Menzies - Centre for Integrative Physiology

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The University of Edinburgh is a British university, founded in 1583 during a period of rapid development for the city of Edinburgh. It is considered to be one of the most prestigious universities in the world.

Having counted among its students inventors of the Industrial Revolution, it has more students than any other Scottish university and is one of the largest universities in the United Kingdom.

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