Description: This course is designed to introduce students to the pervasiveness and consequences of weight bias. Students will be introduced to weigh-inclusive alternatives (e.g. Health at Every Size) to weight-normative approaches common in public health and health care and will examine issues such as size diversity through a social justice lens.
Learning Objectives: Discuss the science of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention in population health, including health promotion, screening, etc.
Explain behavioral and psychological factors that affect a population's health
