开始时间: 04/22/2022 持续时间: Unknown
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课程主页: https://www.coursera.org/course/nudgeit
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Obesity is a huge health, social and economic problem affecting millions
of people globally. Currently, it’s a problem without a solution -
diets don’t work, drug therapies are poor, and surgical solutions are
only offered to those suffering serious ill-health. In addition, there
are many misconceptions about appetite, diet and exercise, and about the
best ways to treat or prevent obesity.
This course will be taught by partners in the EU-funded research project Nudge-it (www.nudge-it.eu).
This project brings together dozens of experts in neurobiology,
experimental psychology, functional brain imaging, behavioural economics
and computational modelling from 16 universities in the UK, Germany,
the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, the US and New Zealand.
The overall aim is to better understand decision-making in food choice
and to contribute to improving public health policy.
In this course we will discuss the facts and misconceptions around
obesity, and the gaps in the scientific knowledge. We’ll discuss key
physiological and psychological concepts around the brain’s control of
appetite and body weight, and reflect on the power of these systems -
how they make weight gain easy and weight loss hard. We will describe
new approaches to the treatment and prevention of obesity, and give you
the opportunity to reflect on your own knowledge and assumptions around
the causes of obesity.
Nudge-it is an multi-disciplinary European research project studying new ways of establishing and reinforcing healthy eating habits. Join us to learn about eating, appetite and obesity.