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Obesity: balanced diets and treatment
Obesity: balanced diets and treatment

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Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

  • list the six key nutrient groups and explain their role in a healthy diet

  • understand and calculate body mass index (BMI), and use such calculations to predict desirable weight ranges for individuals

  • explain the importance of a balanced diet in terms of energy intake

  • explain how genetic and environmental variables may interact to produce variability in human body weight and adiposity both within and across generations

  • apply an understanding of gene–environment interactions to possible explanations of variability in body weight and adiposity.