About this course: This 5 week course will guide learners through the essential steps in planning an individualized weight loss program. There is no guarantee of weight loss through completing the course; learners will have the framework and essential components for an evidence-based weight loss program. This course is intended for healthy adults who do not have any chronic disease such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, lung disease or any others. In addition, this course does not provide information for people who have food allergies or intolerances. Losing weight and keeping it off requires planning and goal-setting. Crash diets or fad diets are ineffective and can be dangerous. This course provides evidence-based information for planning a weight loss program that is safe and effective in producing a one to two pound loss per week. This course will help learners establish the following: 1. A realistic goal weight with a specific plan for rate of weight loss and time frame for achieving goal weight. 2. A realistic goal for the frequency, duration, and intensity of exercise that will enable the learner to achieve and maintain the goal weight. 3. A specific set of strategies for grocery shopping, eating in restaurants, eating at social occasions, and dealing with hunger and emotional eating. 4. A plan for monitoring food intake, exercise and weight loss. 5. A plan for continued evaluation of progress to goals and strategies for adjusting goals for continued weight loss for the next 6 months or longer. 6. A thorough understanding of the difficulty of maintaining weight loss and a plan for maximizing the chances of keeping off the weight lost.
Who is this class for: The example learner for this course is interested in improving their diet and is open to adopting new behaviors around cooking, grocery shopping, eating, and exercise. The learner should be over the age of 18 and should be in good health without any chronic diseases (such as diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, or food allergies.) Prior knowledge of nutrition principles for a healthy diet would be useful to the learner but is not required. Learners are required to seek approval from their primary care physician before starting the course.
Taught by: Mary Beth Kavanagh, Senior Instructor and Director of Bachelors/Masters Education
Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University
| Level | Beginner |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Disclaimer
- Video: Welcome from Mary Beth Kavanagh, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
- Вопрос для обсуждения: Introduce Yourself
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: An Introduction to SMART Goals
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: A Note About Assignments
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: CWRU Wellness Initiative Participants
- Video: Determining Your Goal Weight
- Video: How and When to Weigh Yourself
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Daily Weight Record Worksheet
- Video: Making a Plan for Exercise
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Measuring Intensity of Exercise
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: High-Intensity Interval Training
- Video: Nutrition
- Video: Food Groups for Good Nutrition
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: SuperTracker User Guide
- Video: Grocery Shopping and Nutrition Labels
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Planning to Grocery Shop
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Grocery Shopping When Hungry
- Video: Strategies for Eating Out
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Tips for Dining Out
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Research on Restaurant Meals and Dining with Others
- Video: Identifying Support and Self-Monitoring
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Self-Weighing in Weight Management
- Video: Triggers That Get You Off Track
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Healthy Living: Sleep
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: The Non-Diet Diet
- Video: How Are You Doing So Far?
- Video: Relapse Prevention
- Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Behaviors for Successful Weight Loss
- Video: Planning to Stay with Your Plans
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This is a practical and easy to follow course. It gave a lot of tools for my weight loss plan with very convenient strategies. Thanks
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A very useful course for designing a personal weight loss plan. Very informative and covers a range of useful topics such as diet, exercise, wellbeing, sleep etc.
I completed as much of the course as I could. I could not do all of it as I did not upgrade so could not complete some of the assignments. However, this did not detract from my enjoyment at doing this course.
My thanks to the educator and course organisers.