NUTR 4100 - Energy, Metabolism and Obesity

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: NUTR 3500.
Description
This course covers the external and internal factors that regulate energy metabolism leading to obesity. Some topics include how the body senses hunger, the body’s capacity to store or utilize energy, the body’s response to nutrients, and how circulating factors affect the function of metabolically important tissues. This course also examines how body weight is controlled and the link between obesity and metabolic disease.