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Brain and Behavior: Regulating Body Weight

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Brain and Behavior: Regulating Body Weight
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  3. Cost, Certificate & Degree
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What is the course about?

Brain and Behavior: Regulating Body Weight
The course Brain and Behavior: Regulating Body Weight is an online class provided by Purdue University through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Explore the environmental and biological factors that influence our appetite and food choices, and regulate our body weight.

Course description
  • Explore the environmental and biological factors that regulate our body weight.
  • 3 weeks
  • Many complex factors are involved in the regulation of body weight and control of food intake. This course explores how body weight is influenced by external and internal stimuli, and how these stimuli interact or influence one another. By the end of the course you will be able to discuss the meaning of energy homeostasis, describe the physiological factors that influence hunger and fullness, explain how environmental stimuli influence eating, and summarize how our genes interact with the environment to influence body weight.
  • Environmental factors
  • Social factors
  • Learned behaviors
  • Biological factors
  • Central nervous system
  • Hormonal influence
  • Genetic influence and genetic disorders
  • Gene-environment interaction
  • Discuss the meaning of homeostasis
  • Describe the physiological factors that influence hunger and fullness
  • Explain how environmental stimuli influence eating
  • Summarise how our genes interact with the environment to influence body weight
  • This course is suitable for everyone from individuals interested in learning more about their personal health to those with a background in basic biological processes who what to expand their knowledge. No prior experience or qualifications is necessary.
  • Purdue University
  • One of the four best public universities in the US, Purdue delivers an engaging learning experience and a world-class degree.
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Prerequisites & Facts

Brain and Behavior: Regulating Body Weight

Course Topic

Business, Data Analytics, Decision Making

University, College, Institution

Purdue University

Course Skill Level

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Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Degree & Cost

Brain and Behavior: Regulating Body Weight

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / Purdue University you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.
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School: Purdue University
Topic: Healthcare, Healthcare & Medicine, Nutrition, Psychology & Mental Health

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