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Global Health Feature Check out global health activities in Cornell’s Division of Nutritional Sciences, including offerings on Cornell NutritionWorks.

Childhood Obesity

This 6-week in-depth course helps participants use an ecological approach to identify underlying causes of childhood obesity and begin developing 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 session will be offered from October 14 through November 24, 2009. The course is full and registration is now closed.. Click here for an overview of the course. For additional information and to register, go to the Cornell NutritionWorks/eCornell Partner Page. If you would like to be put on a list to receive priority notice for future sessions, 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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• Global Health: Gender Analysis for More Effective Results - Cyber-Presentation
  Linkages between health, gender roles, responsibilities and relations
• Malaria Epidemiology and Economic/Political Perspective - Cyber-Presentation
  Determinants of malaria transmission and economic burdens
• Sociocultural Perspectives on Malaria - Cyber-Presentation
  How sociocultural perspectives affect malaria intervention programs
• Can We Eradicate Malaria: Lessons from an Earlier Campaign - Cyber-Presentation
  Pros and cons of various eradication strategies
• Changing Strategies in Global Health: Past Lessons, Future Directions - Cyber-Presentation
  Historical perspective of global health
• Catalyzing Communities to Reduce Obesity - Cyber-Presentation
  A look at factors needed to enhance the success of community-based interventions
• The Built Environment, Food, and Physical Activity: Measurement Issues - Cyber-Presentation
  How to think about measures including limitations in definitions and data quality
• The Demand for Biofortified Foods: Reflections on Some Experimental Evidence - Cyber-Presentation
  Analyzing the impact of an agriculture intervention on public health
• Adding ENAM to the Intervention Pot to Improve Young Children's Diets in Rural Ghana - Cyber-Presentation
  Enhancing child Nutrition through Animal source food Management (ENAM)
• Community Capitals Framework and Obesity: The Environmental Connection - Cyber-Presentation
  How spiraling up multiple types of capital can reduce obesity
• Food Policy for Developing Countries - Training
  The role of government in global, national and local food systems
• Addressing Obesity in African American Communities: Expanding the Paradigm - Cyber-Presentation
  A look at how obesity levels reflect changes in society

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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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