Academic Catalog

Obesity Prevention and Weight Management (Graduate Certificate)

The Interdisciplinary Obesity Prevention and Weight Management certificate is a 12-credit graduate certificate offered through the Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP). The certificate recognizes the interdisciplinary nature of obesity and offers students concentrated exposure to foundational concepts and opportunities to dive deeper into broad topic areas such as the nutritional, exercise, and behavioral sciences as well as policy. The certificate program recognizes that there are multiple drivers of the obesity epidemic and challenges students to explore solutions for obesity at various levels and settings (e.g., from prevention to treatment, from childhood to adult, from individual to policy). Students who earn this graduate certificate will be better equipped to engage in interdisciplinary research and clinical care on obesity-related issues and collaborate across knowledge silos with the goal of understanding, preventing, and treating obesity. No prior experience with, or knowledge of obesity prevention or weight management is required, but prior coursework in research methods, nutrition, kinesiology, or behavioral sciences may be helpful.