<p>Lecture, two hours. Requisites: course 100, Public Health 200A, 200B. Designed to teach students how to apply principles of trial design and data analysis to lifestyle interventions for purposes of preventing onset and progression of diseases. Focus on noncommunicable chronic diseases (i.e., obesity, diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease, or cancer), but concepts and methods can be applied to acute and infectious diseases as well. S/U or letter grading.</p>

Epidemiology

The school aims to build health and equity, and to drive positive change for all people. The school acts on this mission through initiatives in three core areas: education, discovery, and service.

Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health

Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of disease in human populations.

General Catalog

Lifestyle Intervention for Noncommunicable Chronic Diseases

EPIDEM245

2 units