Guide to Contemporary Weight Loss and Fitness

Course overview

The purpose of this comprehensive 8 hour online seminar is to enhance the Doctor of Chiropractic's knowledge of contemporary weight loss, fitness and nutrition concepts, principles and methodologies. This seminar is intended to broaden the course attendees understanding of the science of hunger, appetite hormone physiology, adult and child obesity, key components and recommendations from the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines, healthy eating patterns and dietary principles. Additionally, the course will explore the effect of diet on the presence and persistence of diet induced chronic inflammation. Also the course will provide an in depth examination and comparison of the myriad contemporary diets. Further, this seminar offers extensive analysis of aerobic and anaerobic training methods for the purpose of clinical application and patient treatment.