NS 3150 - Obesity and the Regulation of Body Weight

(crosslisted)
(also PSYCH 3150)

Spring. 3 credits. S-U or letter grade option.

Prerequisites: junior or senior standing; NS 1150, PSYCH 1101. Offered alternate years.

D. Levitsky.

Multidisciplinary discussion of the causes, effects, and treatments of human obesity. Topics include the biopsychology of eating behavior, the genetics of obesity, the role of activity and energy metabolism, the psychosocial determinants of obesity, anorexia nervosa, therapy and its effectiveness, and social discrimination.