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Energy Balance in Humans
Provider: Faculty of Science

Activity no.: 5479-19-06-31 
Enrollment deadline: 04/10/2019
Date and time11.11.2019, at: 08:30 - 15.11.2019, at: 16:00
Regular seats20
ECTS credits3.00
Contact personFaidon Magkos    E-mail address: fma@nexs.ku.dk
Enrolment Handling/Course OrganiserFaidon Magkos    E-mail address: fma@nexs.ku.dk
Written languageEnglish
Teaching languageEnglish
Semester/BlockAutumn
Block noteDuration: 1 week
Exam formA report on an agreed topic followed by an oral presentation
Exam detailsOral presentation by groups of students.
Grading scalePassed / Not passed
Course workload
Course workload categoryHours
Preparation / Self-Study15.00
Course hours45.00
Presentation15.00
Sum75.00
Content
This is a 5-day PhD-course that provides an overview of energy balance in humans in relation to the regulation of body weight. Topics will cover various aspects of diet, physical activity, appetite, body composition, obesity, weight loss, as well as novel factors that can affect energy intake and expenditure such as adipose tissue and gut hormones, circadian rhythmicity, exercise, and dietary macronutrients. The course also focuses on the available methodologies used to assess the various aspects of energy balance in humans.

Learning outcome
At the end of this course, the students:
- Will be able to describe the concept of energy balance in relation to body weight regulation
- Will be aware of the factors that may directly or indirectly affect energy balance in humans
- Will be able to translate lifestyle and hormonal changes into shifts in energy balance
- Will be aware of the advantages and limitations of various methodologies used to evaluate dietary intake, appetite, and energy expenditure

Teaching and learning methods
Teaching will be in the form of lectures, student presentations, group work, and discussions. Students will also have the opportunity to participate in small experiments designed to evaluate some aspects of energy balance regulation.

Lecturers
Course leader
Associate Professor Faidon Magkos, NEXS, fma@nexs.ku.dk

Guest lecturers
Professor Margriet Westerterp Platenga, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Professor Klaas Westerterp, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Section Chief Kevin D. Hall, The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, USA
Professor Ulf Ekelund, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norway
Professor Berit L. Heitmann, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen & The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
PhD, MR-physicist Elizaveta Chabanova, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Denmark
Professor Jens Meldgaard Bruun, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark
Professor Filip Krag Knop, NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research, UCPH
Professor Thorkild I.A. Sørensen, NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research, UCPH
Associate Professor Manimozhiyan Arumugam, NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research, UCPH

Teachers from NEXS
Professor Anders Sjödin
Professor Anne Raben
Professor Arne Astrup
Associate Professor Thomas Meinert Larsen
Associate Professor Mads Fiil Hjorth
Professor Inge Tetens
Laboratory Technician John Gargul Lind

Remarks

Individual preparation for the course, in the form of i) preparing a brief presentation of your own PhD project, and ii) reading some assigned papers relevant to energy balance, is required.

The final program can be downloaded here.

Deadline for registration is 30 September, 2019.

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