Etiology of Obesity

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide an understanding of the cause and implications of human obesity. General topic areas covered will include: methodologies of obesity research, physiology of obesity, behavioral and environmental factors influencing obesity, obesity and disease, therapeutic approaches to obesity, and emerging topics in obesity. The structure of this course will be mixture of lectures and interactive discussions/reviews of primary research articles in these areas. Students will be expected to present and critically evaluate research papers relevant to the field of obesity. Credit Hour s : 3 Prerequisites: NEP 7340