NUTN 539 Obesity from Cell to Society

Credits: 2
This course is an elective course centered on the understanding the current evidence for treatment and prevention of obesity. This course aims to examine current treatments and public policies used to address the obesity crisis and stimulate debate about effectiveness of current options and thought about new approaches to deal with this critical health issues. The class will be based on a reverse classroom model where lectures will be viewed as videos prior to class, and classroom time will be focused on discussion and case studies. This series adopts a multi-disciplinary approach and includes a variety of different perspectives about the issue of obesity.

Graded: A-F
May be taken only once for credit