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313.687.81
Obesity Economics

Course Status
Cancelled

Location
Internet
Term
Summer Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
1
Academic Year
2013 - 2014
Instruction Method
TBD
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite

Introduction to On-line Learning

Description
Introduces students to the economic approach to evaluating obesity. Focuses on attributable health care expenditures, quality adjusted life years, productivity changes, consumer sovereignty, and the incentives and regulations that can be used to change individual adult, parent, and child behavior.