Dr. Campbell is a board-certified family physician. Thomas is executive director of a nonprofit organization in Ithaca, NY partnering with eCornell (Cornell University’s online education organization) to promote optimal nutrition through science-based education, advocacy, and research. A graduate of Cornell University, Thomas, with his father T. Colin Campbell, PhD, co-authored “The China Study, The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and The Startling Implications for Diet, Weight-Loss, and Long-Term Health.” The book has been a worldwide bestseller. Dr. Campbell continues to have a particularly strong interest in nutrition and lifestyle counseling. With strong evidence that many of the most common chronic diseases can be prevented and treated with lifestyle changes, Dr. Campbell strives to partner with patients to support them in helping them improve their health.
Course Overview
In this course, you will examine the China Project, the most comprehensive study of diet, lifestyle, and disease ever conducted. You will take a closer look at diet's crucial link to chronic diseases worldwide, including cancer, coronary heart disease, diabetes, neurological conditions, and autoimmune disorders. Lastly, you will investigate the scientific evidence supporting a whole food, plant-based diet's ability to prevent and even reverse these chronic diseases.
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- Amber Orman, MD
- Dean Ornish, MD
- Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr, MD
- Nicole Harkin, MD, FACC
- Samara Sterling, PhD
- Michael Greger, MD, FACLM
- Neal Barnard, MD
- Eric L. Adams
- Dean Sherzai, MD, PhD, MPH, MAS
- Ayesha Z. Sherzai, MD, MAS
- Brooke Goldner, MD
This course includes:
- Five self-check quizzes
- One required discussion
- Two optional discussion
- Several activities
- Readings
- Downloadable transcripts
The following course is required to be completed before taking this course:
- CNS601 Nutrition and Society
Key Course Takeaways
- Research cancer prevention and treatment
- Investigate heart disease prevention and reversal
- Examine the prevention and reversal of diabetes
- Explore brain health and neurological conditions
- Examine autoimmune disease pathology and reversal
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Course Authors
For more than 40 years, Dr. T. Colin Campbell has been at the forefront of nutrition research. His legacy, the China Project, is the most comprehensive study of health and nutrition ever conducted. Dr. Campbell is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University. He has more than 70 grant-years of peer-reviewed research funding and authored more than 300 research papers. In addition, he is co-author with Thomas Campbell, M.D., of the bestselling book, “The China Study: Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health” and wrote the New York Times bestseller “Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition” with Howard Jacobson, Ph.D.
Who Should Enroll
- Anyone seeking to improve their personal health
- Medical and health professionals
- Chefs or food managers
- Athletes and personal trainers
- Parents
- Teachers
- Entrepreneurs
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