Week beginning Course topic(s) Activities 1/8/18 - Course introduction - Video - Taste cells and receptors - Module 1 reading material 1/15/18 - Taste, flavor and preference - Module 1 reading material - Taste aversion and hedonics - In class discussion #1 1/22/18 - Taste and cephalic responding - Module 1 reading material - Traditional feeding centers - In class discussion #2 - Module 2 reading material 1/29/18 - Ghrelin: The sole feeding signal in - Exam 1: 1/30/18 body - Module 3 reading material 2/5/18 - Leptin and insulin: Food intake - Module 4 reading material inhibitors - Module 5 reading material - Neuropeptide hypothalamic feeding 2/12/18 - Brain mechanisms of stress and - Module 6 reading material reward - Module 7 reading material - Neuropeptide reward and - In class discussion #3 feeding 2/19/18 - Learning and its influence on feeding - Module 8 reading material behaviors - Cognitive disruptions in obesity 2/26/18 - Evolution and heritability - Exam 2: 2/27/18 - Module 9 reading material 3/5/18 - Spring Break 3/12/18 - Genetic polymorphisms and human - Video obesity genes - Module 9 reading material - Epigenetics - Module 10 reading material - In class discussion #4 3/19/18 - Gene X environment interactions in - Module 10 reading material food intake and overeating - Module 11 reading material - The obesogenic environment: What we eat and where we eat it 3/26/18 - The obesogenic environment: How - Module 11 reading material we eat and why a problem, and - In class discussion #5 it’s how to treat it 4/2/18 - Set points and settling point models - Module 12 reading material - Allostatic and vicious-cycle models 4/9/18 - Why are thin people not fat - Video - In class discussion #6 - Exam 3: 4/12/18 4/16/18 - Poster Presentations - Poster presentation session 1: 4/17/18 - Poster presentation session 2: 4/19/18 4/23/18 - Poster Presentations - Poster presentation session 3: 4/24/18 - Poster presentation session 4: 4/26/18 4/30/18 - Final Exam - Final Exam: 5/1/18 @ 7:45AM
Week beginning Course topic(s) Activities 1/8/18 - Course introduction - Taste cells and receptors - Video - Module 1 reading material 1/15/18 - Taste, flavor and preference - Taste aversion and hedonics - Module 1 reading material - In class discussion #1 1/22/18 - Taste and cephalic responding - Traditional feeding centers - Module 1 reading material - In class discussion #2 - Module 2 reading material 1/29/18 - Ghrelin: The sole feeding signal in body - Exam 1: 1/30/18 - Module 3 reading material 2/5/18 - Leptin and insulin: Food intake inhibitors - Neuropeptide hypothalamic feeding - Module 4 reading material - Module 5 reading material 2/12/18 - Brain mechanisms of stress and reward - Neuropeptide reward and feeding - Module 6 reading material - Module 7 reading material - In class discussion #3 2/19/18 - Learning and its influence on feeding behaviors - Cognitive disruptions in obesity - Module 8 reading material 2/26/18 - Evolution and heritability - Exam 2: 2/27/18 - Module 9 reading material 3/5/18 - Spring Break 3/12/18 - Genetic polymorphisms and human obesity genes - Epigenetics - Video - Module 9 reading material - Module 10 reading material - In class discussion #4 3/19/18 - Gene X environment interactions in food intake and overeating - The obesogenic environment: What we eat and where we eat it - Module 10 reading material - Module 11 reading material 3/26/18 - The obesogenic environment: How we eat and why it’s a problem, and how to treat it - Module 11 reading material - In class discussion #5 4/2/18 - Set points and settling point models - Allostatic and vicious-cycle models - Module 12 reading material 4/9/18 - Why are thin people not fat - Video - In class discussion #6 - Exam 3: 4/12/18 4/16/18 - Poster Presentations - Poster presentation session 1: 4/17/18 - Poster presentation session 2: 4/19/18 4/23/18 - Poster Presentations - Poster presentation session 3: 4/24/18 - Poster presentation session 4: 4/26/18 4/30/18 - Final Exam - Final Exam: 5/1/18 @ 7:45AM
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