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UNICEF Training Course, Programming for Infant and Young Child Feeding UNICEF and the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell have jointly developed a new online training course, Programming for Infant and Young Child Feeding. Click here for more details or Register Now. If you have already registered for the UNICEF course, click here.

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Childhood Obesity

“Preventing Childhood Obesity: An Ecological Approach”

This 6-week in-depth course helps participants use an ecological approach to identify underlying causes of childhood obesity and develop an action plan for intervention in their communities. A facilitator interacts with participants throughout the course. The cost is $150 and the course provides 15 CPEUs.

The next and final session is scheduled for Feburary 6 - March 19, 2013. Our priority audience for this course is county-based teams that consist of at least three people who represent extension nutrition, 4-H/youth development and the community. To encourage teams with this composition to enroll, we offer a reduced enrollment fee.  Teams that fit these criteria will be given priority enrollment. Other teams and individuals will be accepted in the course on a space available basis.

Please note: it is uncertain when, or even if, this course will be offered again.

Those interested in the special team opportunity should contact Christina Stark, at cms11@cornell.edu , to obtain permission from the facilitator and information on how to register. This special opportunity is being made possible through an Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) grant from USDA.

Click here for an overview of the course. For additional information, go to the Cornell NutritionWorks/eCornell Partner Page. If you would like to be put on a list to receive priority notice when registration is open for the winter2103 session, please indicate this preference under Notification Preferences on your Membership Page.

Check out our newest offerings listed below. You can view all but the in-depth course online, anytime.

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• Programming for Infant and Young Child Feeding - UNICEF Training - Cyber-Presentation
  
• Why Calories Count - Cyber-Presentation
  How calories are defined, measured and portrayed in our environment
• Generating Political Priority for Neonatal Mortality Reduction in 4 Developing Countries - Cyber-Presentation
  Why and how some health issues attract attention
• The Effectiveness of Global Health Policy Networks - Cyber-Presentation
  A study of the effectiveness of six global health policy networks
• Frameworks for Understanding Nutrition Problems - Cyber-Presentation
  An overview of causal, program planning, and measurement frameworks
• Iron Deficiency in the Global Context - Cyber-Presentation
  Causes, consequences, and potential solutions to iron deficiency and anemia
• Iodine and Selenium in the Global Context - Cyber-Presentation
  Functions, sources and symptoms of deficiency
• The B Vitamins: Folate and B12 in the Global Context - Cyber-Presentation
  Functions, sources, impact of deficiency, and fortification
• Vitamin A and Zinc in the Global Context - Cyber-Presentation
  Functions, sources, impact of deficiency, and interventions
• Women's Nutrition and Reproductive Health - Cyber-Presentation
  The role of nutrition during the life cycle of women in developing countries
• Growth Faltering: Stunting and Severe Acute Malnutrition - Cyber-Presentation
  Definition, prevalence, causes and potential solutions for growth faltering
• Breastfeeding in the Global Context - Cyber-Presentation
  Benefits of breastfeeding especially in developing countries
• Food Security in the Global Context - Cyber-Presentation
  Definitions and measurements of food security and interventions to improve it
• Famine, Conflict and Disasters: The Roles of Food Aid and Nutrition - Cyber-Presentation
  Food and nutritional considerations during times of crises
• The Global Obesity Epidemic - Cyber-Presentation
  Phases of the nutrition transition and major causes of the obesity pandemic
• The Global Obesity Epidemic in Children - Cyber-Presentation
  Health and social consequences and possible policy options
• Pediatric Obesity - Challenges - Cyber-Presentation
  

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• Destroying Myths About Weight Control
  A look at five common myths about weight control and regulation of body weight.

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