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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 Nicki G

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May 30, 2024

Great course

By Chandan H K

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Feb 26, 2023

it was good.

By MOHAMED A K A

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Oct 5, 2021

great course

By WOLFF F

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Mar 18, 2018

Interesting.

By Aisyah S s

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Oct 18, 2023

Good kursus

By Lujain A T

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Feb 27, 2023

very useful

By Aline G

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Aug 1, 2022

Maravilhoso

By Mahendra A

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Sep 11, 2021

Nice Course

By Ana M G Q

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Jun 4, 2022

i love it

By Andreina S

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Feb 7, 2022

excelente

By Hallie E

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Feb 6, 2021

Excellent!

By Juan M S B

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May 3, 2020

Excelente!

By Saer T

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Mar 13, 2022

very good

By Karla i H V

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May 20, 2021

Excelente

By Анарбеков Қ И

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Aug 18, 2020

Very good

By Тынышбек А И

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Aug 18, 2020

Very good

By mayada m m k e

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Feb 19, 2019

Very good

By Kaio M R

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Aug 11, 2017

Muito bom

By Shakil A S

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Aug 31, 2020

amazing!

By Amna T

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Aug 30, 2020

amazing

By עדי ב

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Mar 23, 2022

good!!

By Valérie A

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Mar 27, 2024

Thank

By Жұмабек А Д

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Oct 22, 2024

Cool

By Belén T

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Jan 2, 2022

Good

By Mona A A

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May 30, 2021

GOOD