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Overview
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 Designing Your Personal Weight Loss Plan course offered by Coursera in partnership with Case Western Reserve University 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.
Key facts
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:
- A realistic goal weight with a specific plan for rate of weight loss and time frame for achieving goal weight.
- A realistic goal for the frequency, duration, and intensity of exercise that will enable the learner to achieve and maintain the goal weight.
- A specific set of strategies for grocery shopping, eating in restaurants, eating at social occasions, and dealing with hunger and emotional eating.
- A plan for monitoring food intake, exercise and weight loss.
- 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.
- A thorough understanding of the difficulty of maintaining weight loss and a plan for maximizing the chances of keeping off the weight lost.
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This course will help learners establish the following:
- A realistic goal weight with a specific plan for rate of weight loss and time frame for achieving goal weight.
- A realistic goal for the frequency, duration, and intensity of exercise that will enable the learner to achieve and maintain the goal weight.
- A specific set of strategies for grocery shopping, eating in restaurants, eating at social occasions, and dealing with hunger and emotional eating.
- A plan for monitoring food intake, exercise and weight loss.
- 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.
- A thorough understanding of the difficulty of maintaining weight loss and a plan for maximizing the chances of keeping off the weight lost.
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Duration
- Part-time
- 1 months
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
- Self-paced
Disciplines
Public Health Health Sciences Sport and Exercise Science View 131 other Short Courses in Public Health in United StatesExplore more key information
Visit university websiteAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Beginner Level
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Funding
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