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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 Manal A

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Aug 24, 2021

amazing course thank you alot

By fabio p

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Mar 15, 2023

Very good Course , I love it

By fatima n k

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Nov 16, 2019

it is a very good experiment

By Angie W

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May 2, 2018

Interesting and informative.

By Sandy C

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May 2, 2018

Excellent! Very interesting!

By Keshana H

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Aug 12, 2024

Very good at try he course

By simon t

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Jun 1, 2022

excell course . Thank you

By Emanuele C

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Jan 20, 2021

Amazin course, well done.

By may l

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Apr 9, 2020

like this course thanks(:

By Mellina K

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Nov 28, 2022

Very informative course.

By MANTHIA T

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Jan 6, 2021

A really usefull course!

By Wanda B

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Jan 23, 2022

definitely recommend

By Şenol Y

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Apr 18, 2020

Thanks for everything

By ABDELFATTAH E E

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May 9, 2022

thanks for every onr

By Whynot T

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Jun 26, 2024

i like this course

By ashraf a

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Apr 6, 2024

excellent course !

By Saadat K

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Mar 26, 2019

P.hd level course

By aula s

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Feb 4, 2019

Thank you so much

By Amanda C

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Oct 29, 2017

Excellent course.

By Maryum W

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Aug 30, 2023

very informative

By Sri l B

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May 7, 2018

very informative

By Abigail S

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Oct 15, 2018

Excelente curso

By José A

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Jan 24, 2023

Una maravilla!

By Sobiya M

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Dec 10, 2022

amazing course

By Philippe P

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Jul 30, 2017

Great course.