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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Understanding Obesity by The University of Edinburgh

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About the Course

In this course, we’ll look at the facts and misconceptions around obesity and discuss key physiological and psychological concepts around the brain’s control of appetite and body weight. We’ll consider the biological and environmental pressures that make it easy to gain weight (and hard to lose it!). Most importantly, we'll give you the opportunity to reflect on your own knowledge and assumptions around the subject. We deliver course materials as a mixture of videos, audio-only MOOCcasts, and a selection of short readings. There are short weekly quizzes, a peer-reviewed exercise, and discussion activities on the forum. These will help you prepare for the final project. In it, you are invited to demonstrate your evidence-informed understanding and express how you'll develop it beyond the course. The course features Citizen Science projects. We'll collect data from you (anonymously, of course) and use it to drive participant-led discussions of controversial ideas. In this way, we hope to explore ideas around diet and obesity. These projects also give a taste of how scientific evidence is collected and interpreted by scientists, and give some indication how much there still is to discover and understand....

Top reviews

AE

Mar 24, 2023

This course was critical in my comprehension of true nutrition, diet, and obesity. It helped to dispel my misconceptions about food, nutrition, and obesity in general.

Thank You.

DA

Apr 26, 2021

Enjoyed every minute of this learning experience. Appreciate the layout of the course, content, relevance to my work, and the global needs of the current day! Thank you.

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By Natalia S

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Nov 28, 2019

Amazing course that reveals truth about obesity

By Cristina

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Jul 16, 2022

Shoert and full with interesting information.

By Dabravolski S

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May 13, 2018

Very informative and useful for wide audience.

By DALIA M

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May 15, 2018

Great new information!!! Thank you very much!

By L P A

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Aug 25, 2021

Agradezco su profesionalismo y compartirlo.

By Nicci D

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May 19, 2021

Very thorough, informative, and insightful.

By Лилия Б

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Jan 17, 2024

Спасибо большое, очень познавательный курс

By MARTEL C

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Apr 25, 2022

Merci infiniment pour la qualité du cours

By Dr-Sara E

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Mar 20, 2022

Very usefulhelpfuluseful nd helpful for my

By Anton Y

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Sep 7, 2023

Very good introduction in obesity problem

By Rodriguez, E

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Aug 9, 2017

Clear and easy to understand information.

By María P S T

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Jul 1, 2024

Gracias por el curso. Fue sumamente útil

By olga t

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May 6, 2018

I THINK THE COURSE GIVE ME MORE SKILLS

By Prasangi K

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May 12, 2022

Very constructive important syllubus.

By Claudia V

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Sep 17, 2021

Aprendí información nueva y relevante

By Hanna W

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Feb 17, 2019

Very informative and well organised!

By Saba A

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Sep 26, 2023

Awesome course 👍 Full of knowledge

By Dentek I

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Sep 20, 2022

new skills to solve obesity issues

By Dalia T

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Jul 28, 2021

It was an uforgettable experience!

By dr.ahmed s

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Mar 31, 2020

obesity not just balancing calories

By Sylvia S

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Jul 3, 2018

good information, interesting facts

By April R

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Aug 24, 2021

A great beginning course to take!

By Damayanti Z

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Oct 12, 2024

is really good and clear course

By basem m s

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Dec 18, 2017

awesome course and very helpful

By Jonathan P

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Nov 22, 2023

EXCELLENT TEACHERS!! THANK YOU