PHT 610 - Prevention of Chronic Diseases, 3 credit hours

This course focuses on the current status of preventive and population-level interventions to reduce chronic disease risk in adults and children, with an emphasis on community-level, public health policy approaches to promoting healthier lifestyle and wellbeing. This course covers the major chronic diseases and their risk factors. The importance of this subject cannot be overstated since it is the major factor driving health care costs. The U.S. now spends more money per capita than any other nation yet is behind in longevity. Brief overviews of the epidemiology, physiology, chronic disease implications of obesity will be covered. Class sessions are a combination of lecture and class discussion.