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Learning Objectives
1) identify the metabolism and physiology of lipids and carbohydrates in health and disease as well as in the aged individual
2) list -- from the standpoints of nursing, pharmacology, psychology, and physical therapy -- the approaches to a patient suffering from metabolic disease.
3) compare and contrast appetite suppressants and other medications that induce weight loss.
4) discuss the recent discoveries in neurochemistry and neuroscience of the link between behavioral pathology and metabolic disease.
5) compare and contrast the healthy and the potentially dangerous weight-loss strategies and the long-term effects of fad diets.
6) describe the oral-health implications of metabolic disease and eating disorders.
7) describe the empirical developments in bariatric treatments and the effects on behavioral therapies.
8) list sources of beneficial lipids and carbohydrates and methods of improvement of the palatability of healthier foods.
9) identify the role of the oral microbiome, periodontal disease, and S. mutans in appetite pathology, binge eating, and obesity.