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One of the easiest GE's I've taken. Includes lab credit and makes you a better, healthier person overall. The only thing is that he requires you to buy a $100 course reader/iprofile that you can only get from a particular shop in Westwood. I have the updated course reader that it is in brand new condition and am selling it for cheaper: text me at **********. The only reason I got a B+ in this class was because I would forget to watch the lectures and take the quizzes LMAO. They were literally not even hard.

As a more physical science major, I hated bio before this class but Esdin really taught me how to enjoy the content! I've also started watching my health quite a bit more LMAO so take that as a bonus to this class. Class is free if you put a smidge of effort into it (especially if you've taken AP Bio or whatever, lots of review.) Only annoying thing is daily participation quizzes (online) but honestly it kept me more engaged and they were easy.

TAKE THIS CLASS!!! This has by far been my favorite class at UCLA. Professor Esdin is so informative and teaches you information about nutrition and exercise you can actually apply to your life. He teaches very complex ideas in simple terms that make it easy to digest. The class is overall really straightforward and the bulk of your grade comes from 1 midterm, final, and project.

My one piece of advice for the class is to start the project early! The project entails logging your nutritional intake for a week then analyzing your data in a lab report that is quite tedious but overall simple.

I highly recommend this class as a GE to all students. Professor Esdin was amazing! His lectures were incredibly interesting yet very clear and easy to follow along. The diet/fitness evaluation project was really interesting and fun to do as I felt like I learned a lot about my eating and fitness habits that I will remember for the rest of my life. The labs were excellent as we got to work on our final project in the sessions which allowed for ample time to complete everything. All in all, this was an excellent class and I highly recommend it to all UCLA students!

Selling Course Reader, **********.

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This class is really not that fun online. I think most of the lifestyle analysis that's actually fun and interesting would occur during in-person labs. But since we couldn't access any of that over Zoom, we just had a lot more lectures about physiology. Not the worst thing ever and the class still wasn't hard. There were 2 major exams and 4 quizzes, which were a bit hard at times, but I think most of the class still ended up getting As. The most annoying part that a lot of people lost points on were required "participation quizzes" which were 3-question quizzes due on the day of each asynchronous lecture. But if you remembered to do them, they were pretty much free points. Also, you don't really HAVE to buy the $100+ course reader if you just pay really close attention and take good notes during lecture, because almost none of the exam questions are exclusive to the textbook.

Tbh, this class was not a lot of work. You just had to watch the 50-minute MWF lecture and take a participation quiz after. I suggest for notes that you write word-for-word (in most cases) what he says during lecture and you will ace the participation quizzes. Most people who complained (particularly in fall 2020 to spring 2021) probably did not take good notes and skimmed through the video which came back at them during the biweekly lecture quizzes. Watch the lecture videos when it is posted and take the participation quiz immediately after so that you can get it out of the way and don't forget it later on since the deadline is kind of wonky (10 pm of that same day). There are other aspects of the class like a lifestyle project, start in week 7 and you'll be done before week 9. Follow exactly what your TA suggests (i recommend Norma). P.S. I'm selling the course reader and practice test book for $40 (originally $120). Also my notes for $10. pm me @ ************* if interested. Good luck with the class!!!

This class is alright but for Spring Quarter, I felt that this class didn't really live up to all the reviews saying how easy this GE was. Lectures were pre recorded and given asynchronously at a certain time and along with each lecture, a participation quiz was attached. You had until 10pm the day of to complete the quiz and every even week on Fridays, there was the participation quiz along with 2 additional quizzes needed to be completed back to back. They quizzed you on past lecture material as well as lab discussions. There were a LOT of quizzes and the wordings on each one were quite tricky and often confused a lot of students. Certain information said in lecture is then twisted in another way on the quizzes and if you didn't fully understand what was discussed, you're likely to miss the question. Take really good notes and pay attention to what Professor says instead of what is listed on his slides. They're a little disorganized. This class requires you to buy a course reader + iProfile software to track what you eat and what you do for 7 consecutive days. Honestly, not worth the prices AT ALL. Lectures are enough to get you through the quizzes, midterm, and final. You could find a cheaper version of iProfile on Amazon or share with your peers (multiple profiles can be made in one single program). There's one big project due at the last week of the quarter that uses all the information you inputted into the software and you have to write discussions and recommendations on each nutrient, vitamin, and macronutrient that you're deficient, in excess, or in range of. It's tiring to do and very repetitive. If you don't want to waste your money, I can offer my course reader + iProfile software for a reduced price than what is being charged (you can't get these materials from the UCLA store). Text ********** and if in need of good lecture notes, midterm reviews, and final reviews, I can offer those too so good luck with this class!

Dr. Esdin is probably one of the best professors I've had at UCLA. He's really engaged during lectures and I learned a good amount from the class. He uploads lectures on CCLE and you have to do a quick participation quiz at the end. Quizzes every 2 weeks on lab and lecture material. Exams were pretty straightforward but some of them had weird wording so it was easy to lose points here and there. The final project was worth a lot of points but can be easily crammed into 1-2 days of work.

It was kind of stressful keeping up with the grading (can only lose 34 points to maintain an A) but towards the end of the quarter, he gave us some extra credit. Overall if you want an easy GE with lab this is definitely the class you should take.