Obesity and Weight Management Online CE Course With Print Book
Author: Human Kinetics
$89.00 USD
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Online Course With Print Book
$89.00 USD
$89.00 USD
This package includes the following:
Obesity and Weight Management Online CE Course equips you with the knowledge to help more clients with overweight and obesity become successful in getting stronger, fitter, and healthier.
The course is based on the book, Obesity and Weight Management: The Exercise Professional’s Guide to Fitness Programming, which brings together 49 of the field’s top researchers and practitioners. Tools such as exercise preparticipation interviews, health history screenings, and a cardiovascular disease risk factor analysis will give you skills you can immediately implement with clients in the real world.
You will encounter the latest information regarding the epidemiology, definition, and classification of overweight and obesity, preparing you to meet larger-bodied clients where they are. The text also explains the role of an exercise professional as a valuable member of a multidisciplinary client health care team. To help you create engaging plans for clients, the book comes with 21 sample workouts and more:
The course also includes a recorded webinar from the book editor, Dr. Alexios Batrakoulis. He walks you through a real-world client profile, the role of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) in health and fitness, the difference between hybrid and traditional HIIT, and all about HIIT program design strategies. He leaves you with effective practical skills for working with clients with obesity.
An authoritative resource for exercise professionals, Obesity and Weight Management Online CE Course bridges the gap between research and practice in creating solutions for safe, effective, and personalized fitness journeys.
Once you complete the course and pass the exam, you can print a certificate for continuing education credits.
Learning Objectives
- Obesity and Weight Management book
- Recorded webinar
- Online continuing education exam
Obesity and Weight Management Online CE Course equips you with the knowledge to help more clients with overweight and obesity become successful in getting stronger, fitter, and healthier.
The course is based on the book, Obesity and Weight Management: The Exercise Professional’s Guide to Fitness Programming, which brings together 49 of the field’s top researchers and practitioners. Tools such as exercise preparticipation interviews, health history screenings, and a cardiovascular disease risk factor analysis will give you skills you can immediately implement with clients in the real world.
You will encounter the latest information regarding the epidemiology, definition, and classification of overweight and obesity, preparing you to meet larger-bodied clients where they are. The text also explains the role of an exercise professional as a valuable member of a multidisciplinary client health care team. To help you create engaging plans for clients, the book comes with 21 sample workouts and more:
- 15 warm-up movements
- 10 movement prep activities
- 13 warm-up games
- 87 resistance training exercises
- 27 balance and coordination exercises
- 21 cool-down movements and stretches
The course also includes a recorded webinar from the book editor, Dr. Alexios Batrakoulis. He walks you through a real-world client profile, the role of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) in health and fitness, the difference between hybrid and traditional HIIT, and all about HIIT program design strategies. He leaves you with effective practical skills for working with clients with obesity.
An authoritative resource for exercise professionals, Obesity and Weight Management Online CE Course bridges the gap between research and practice in creating solutions for safe, effective, and personalized fitness journeys.
Once you complete the course and pass the exam, you can print a certificate for continuing education credits.
Learning Objectives
- Define the terms overweight and obesity.
- Describe the educational requirements, specialized skills, and common workplaces of exercise and health professionals who may work with clients with obesity and overweight.
- Discuss how to best facilitate behavior change in clients.
- Explain the social–ecological model, the transtheoretical model, social cognitive theory, the health belief model, and self-determination theory.
- Assess a client’s readiness to participate in exercise, and conduct a health screening.
- Select and administer appropriate fitness assessments for clients.
- Demonstrate how to properly perform various resistance training exercises, stretches, and functional training exercises.
- Describe the phases and modalities used in a multicomponent exercise session.
- Design a training program for a client with overweight or obesity.
Audience
Certified personal trainers, exercise physiologists, and health coaches in various settings who work with clients living with overweight or obesity. Foreword
Dr. Walter R. Thompson
Part I. The Science
Chapter 1. Understanding Overweight and Obesity
Renee Rogers, PhD, and Sara Kovacs, PhD
Chapter 2. The Role of an Exercise Professional
Christie L. Ward-Ritacco, PhD, and Alison C. Berg, PhD
Chapter 3. The Role of Exercise in Weight Management and Obesity
John M. Jakicic, PhD, and Landon Deru, PhD
Chapter 4. Coaching Lifestyle Modification and Behavior Change
Rachelle Acitelli Reed, PhD, and Susie Reiner, PhD
Part II. The Assessment
Chapter 5. Exercise Preparticipation Interview and Health Screening
Deborah Riebe, PhD, and Christie L. Ward-Ritacco, PhD
Chapter 6. Health-Related Physical Fitness Assessments
Meir Magal, PhD, and Kathleen S. Thomas, PhD
Part III. The Application
Chapter 7. Warm-Up Concepts
Amy Bantham, PhD, Rachele Pojednic, PhD, and Alexios Batrakoulis, PhD
Chapter 8. Muscular Fitness
Alexios Batrakoulis, PhD, Michael Stack, BS, and Kia Williams, MS
Chapter 9. Neuromotor Fitness
Alexios Batrakoulis, PhD, Leslie A. Stenger, EdD, and Elizabeth Kovar, MA
Chapter 10. Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Tony Nuñez, PhD, Elizabeth Kovar, MA, and Alexios Batrakoulis, PhD
Chapter 11. Flexibility Training and Cool-Down Techniques
Elizabeth Kovar, MA, and Alexios Batrakoulis, PhD
Part IV. The Programming
Chapter 12. Program Design
Alexios Batrakoulis, PhD, and Anoop Balachandran, PhD
Chapter 13. Sample Workouts
Alexios Batrakoulis, PhD, Rodiel Kirby Baloy, DPT, John Bauer, Vula Bolou, Lee Boyce, Ryan Carver, BS, Christine M. Conti, MEd, Grace DeSimone, BA, Brett Klika, BS, Lauren Korzan, MA, Jonathan Mike, PhD, Michael Piercy, MS, Keli Roberts, Melody Schoenfeld, MS, Lauren Shroyer, MS, and Summer Sides
Chapter 14. Case Study Scenarios
Stephanie Cooper, PhD, Daniel Green, BA, Farel B. Hruska, Michael R. Mantell, PhD, Tracy L. Markley, Erin Nitschke, PhD, Cherie O’Neill (Kroh), EdD, Brian Richey, BS, Jonathan Ross, Louise Valentine, MPH, Maurice Williams, MS, and Mary Yoke, PhD
Appendix. Chapter Quiz and Case Study Answers
Glossary
Index
Dr. Walter R. Thompson
Part I. The Science
Chapter 1. Understanding Overweight and Obesity
Renee Rogers, PhD, and Sara Kovacs, PhD
Chapter 2. The Role of an Exercise Professional
Christie L. Ward-Ritacco, PhD, and Alison C. Berg, PhD
Chapter 3. The Role of Exercise in Weight Management and Obesity
John M. Jakicic, PhD, and Landon Deru, PhD
Chapter 4. Coaching Lifestyle Modification and Behavior Change
Rachelle Acitelli Reed, PhD, and Susie Reiner, PhD
Part II. The Assessment
Chapter 5. Exercise Preparticipation Interview and Health Screening
Deborah Riebe, PhD, and Christie L. Ward-Ritacco, PhD
Chapter 6. Health-Related Physical Fitness Assessments
Meir Magal, PhD, and Kathleen S. Thomas, PhD
Part III. The Application
Chapter 7. Warm-Up Concepts
Amy Bantham, PhD, Rachele Pojednic, PhD, and Alexios Batrakoulis, PhD
Chapter 8. Muscular Fitness
Alexios Batrakoulis, PhD, Michael Stack, BS, and Kia Williams, MS
Chapter 9. Neuromotor Fitness
Alexios Batrakoulis, PhD, Leslie A. Stenger, EdD, and Elizabeth Kovar, MA
Chapter 10. Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Tony Nuñez, PhD, Elizabeth Kovar, MA, and Alexios Batrakoulis, PhD
Chapter 11. Flexibility Training and Cool-Down Techniques
Elizabeth Kovar, MA, and Alexios Batrakoulis, PhD
Part IV. The Programming
Chapter 12. Program Design
Alexios Batrakoulis, PhD, and Anoop Balachandran, PhD
Chapter 13. Sample Workouts
Alexios Batrakoulis, PhD, Rodiel Kirby Baloy, DPT, John Bauer, Vula Bolou, Lee Boyce, Ryan Carver, BS, Christine M. Conti, MEd, Grace DeSimone, BA, Brett Klika, BS, Lauren Korzan, MA, Jonathan Mike, PhD, Michael Piercy, MS, Keli Roberts, Melody Schoenfeld, MS, Lauren Shroyer, MS, and Summer Sides
Chapter 14. Case Study Scenarios
Stephanie Cooper, PhD, Daniel Green, BA, Farel B. Hruska, Michael R. Mantell, PhD, Tracy L. Markley, Erin Nitschke, PhD, Cherie O’Neill (Kroh), EdD, Brian Richey, BS, Jonathan Ross, Louise Valentine, MPH, Maurice Williams, MS, and Mary Yoke, PhD
Appendix. Chapter Quiz and Case Study Answers
Glossary
Index