Fundamentals of Medical Weight Management

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Overview

Duke Health & Well-Being experts created the Fundamentals of Medical Weight Management course based on 50 years of research and a deep understanding of what it takes to manage weight. It is designed for every person who wants insight on how to change eating habits, improve exercise routines, and adopt a healthier lifestyle to meet wellness goals.

On-Demand Access for One Year

Registration gives you access to the course and materials for one year. You can revisit the content as much as you’d like, on your own time.

What You’ll Learn

Content

This self-paced online course will help you understand how to set and achieve realistic health goals, overcome setbacks, and create the right mindset for long-term lifestyle changes that lead to successful weight management. It combines academic research and real-life insights from doctors, nutritionists, dieticians, exercise physiologists, and other professionals.

At the end of the course, you’ll be ready to:

Set realistic health goals and identify your motivations to achieve those goals
Describe the difference between short-term weight loss actions and long-term lifestyle changes
Overcome setbacks and identify what brings you joy and what creates stress
Recognize the roles of nutrition, exercise, mental health, and medical care in weight management and when to seek those resources

FAQs for Fundamentals of Medical Weight Management

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Expert Insight on All Areas of Wellness

Content

Through four interactive online modules, we share ways to grow and support your own well-being. Fundamentals of Weight Management brings you the latest research and wellness strategies to educate and support you through your weight management journey. At each step, you’ll be encouraged to journal your own ideas, insights, and experiences to help guide changes.

Here are some of the things you’ll take away from each part of the Fundamentals of Medical Weight Management course:

Introduction to Medical Weight Management

Learn to think critically about health goals
Practice a mindset focused on lifestyle change
Apply tips for weight loss and/or weight management

Nurturing Nutrition: Your Secret Weapon for Better Health

Better understand how nutrition is a part of your life
Understand how diet can promote your pursuit of wellness
Learn about research on vitamins, minerals, fat, carbs, sugar, and more

Focusing on Fitness: Why Physical Fitness is Key to Health

Recognize how you can use fundamentals of fitness to live a healthier life
Identify ways to increase your cardiovascular levels, strength, flexibility, and balance
Build an exercise program that improves health and increases metabolism

The Essential Mindset Shift: Well-Being and Self-Care

Hear about behaviors that are key to successful self-care
Practice stress reduction techniques
Find services, resources, and programs that can help you with mental and emotional well-being

After you complete all four modules, you’ll receive a PDF of all your journal entries and instructions for how to incorporate changes into your life.

The comprehensive program costs $225. You’ll receive access to the program materials for one year after you register.

This page was medically reviewed on 07/28/2022