Took this online because of corona. Easy to understand and interesting to learn. Lots of stuff to turn in, but not time consuming. Dr. Esdin was also super nice about the virus and the protests and ended up giving everyone 100% on the final. Even without that though it is an easy class that can be super impactful on your life. Would recommend to anyone

I took this class as a GE because I heard it was easy. Esdin is honestly a great professor, based solely on the fact that he was incredibly understanding of everything going on with Covid-19 and BLM. It is great to see a professor who actually cares about the well being of his students. I did really bad on the midterm so I decided to take the class as a P/NP, since I was already set on getting A's in my other classes and I didn't want my GPA to lower. Since Esdin was so accommodating to the events that are going on in world, I ended up passing the class with an A-. I do recommend taking the class because it teaches you so much about nutrition and living a healthy lifestyle.

I took this class online bc covid19 and the overall experience was pretty good, although I thought it would be easier bc of what previous reviews have said. Nevertheless, this class exposed students with lots of useful information on diet and exercise, something that I would carry on and remember for life. The class consists of lecture quizzes, lab quizzes, lecture participation assignments, lab assignments, lab participation, diet and fitness project, and a midterm and final. He posts prerecorded lectures, but labs are in real time. Midterm was slightly difficult because of 5 short answer questions, but final was 80/80 for everyone because he was accommodating due to BLM. For the exam you really need to study every single detail in the course reader because the exam is super in detail. Anyway, I totally recommend this as a GE; it's not hard to get an A, just do all the required work and study hard for tests!

Professor Esdin was the highlight of this class. His straightforward, engaging lectures made the material so much more interesting. He does a great job of answering questions in lecture, and I would highly recommend going to his office hours.

My remote learning experience with Professor Esdin was great. This quarter, we were given full points for the final. I absolutely hated how I performed during 7A and 7B, but 7C was so much more interesting and useful. And I did well!

Launchpad was unavoidable. However, it seemed like the workload shrank in comparison to 7B and 7C. Also, we had to complete Lecture Participation quizzes each time a lecture was held. They were due the same night they were posted. We were only allowed to miss 4 points, which was equal to 2 quizzes. If you have an issue with timezone differences, make sure you are on top of it.

There were 3 extra credit opportunities: LA survey, mid-quarter survey, and GradeScope.

My only complaint this quarter was the structure of the first exam, but I do not blame the professor. I thought the time allotted was inadequate. The format was not the best in that there were time-consuming parts that were not the actual questions of the exam. If Professor Esdin were to teach 7C another quarter, I would ask him to ensure that the exam is fair before releasing it.

If you want to do well, you honestly should switch to taking notes on your laptop. Download the PDF and annotate directly as you watch his lectures... Pen and paper notes are ineffective in the LS7 series! This is because all of the content is saturated in the slides themselves. You can also go back later and add in clicker question slides to make your notes more complete.

Disclaimer- this was the first online quarter
I took the class because it has great reviews on here but not bc i was actually interested in the topic. Since this class does come with a lab, we used a site called LT which provides information and has us answer questions about the procedure and info. Also, we had lecture attendance quizes bases on the lecture of the day which included 3-4 straight forward question. We had lecture quizes which were 4-6 questions based on a collection of lectures once we finished that concept. And we had lab quizes which were quizes based on information from the labs. So there were definitely A LOT of quizes which I find really unnecessary. There was one midterm that was kinda hard but that's bc I didn't study. Everyone got 100% on the final due to the professor's ability to empathize with his students during tough times ( the overwhelming mu*der of George Floyd). All in all, looking pass the unnecessary amount of quizes, this was a solid class.

great guy (:

He is a good professor, like most of the professors in the LS series. One thing about him I don't particularly enjoy is that he talks sooooooo sloowww. Good thing his lectures are pre-recorded so I can put it on 1.5 or 2x speed. He is clear, but I wish he would have in person Zoom lectures so we can ask questions in person.

I took this class online which was slightly more work than in person, but Dr. Esdin is super chill and none of the tests or quizzes were monitored. He gives a lot of information but it is the same info that is in the course reader, so it's not too difficult. The labs were sometimes confusing, but they weren't on the midterm or final so you don't have to really know the info except for the lab quizzes. At the end, he pretty much boosts everyone's grades. Also there is a big project, but as long as you do it, you'll get a good grade. It takes time, but it isn't hard. Take this for an easy lab GE.

Note: This review is from Spring 2020, a quarter conducted remotely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Professor Esdin's style of teaching online took a bit of adjustment but after the first few weeks, I began to get in the rhythm of it all. His lectures were rather straightforward, with much of the material also found in the course reader--which was required for the class since it included the iProfile account--so briefly skimming the course reader after or before lecture helped make the information rather easy to retain. The labs were independent of the lectures, meaning that knowledge from one did not help--and in fact, can hurt--performance in the other.

Professor Esdin's grading scheme seemed student-friendly. Rather than having just a few, point-heavy assessments, he distributed the points across the entire quarter, with multiple (5) lecture quizzes and lab quizzes. In my opinion, these quizzes were harder than the midterm and the final because they were even more specific since they only spanned one chapter each. A big assignment was the lifestyle assessment report, which had you track your diet and activity and report on your findings: this was a bit time-consuming, but not excessive. At the end of the quarter, Professor Esdin took into account the social unrest surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement and gave everyone an 80/80 on the final/

TL;DR: Professor Esdin's lectures and course reader delved deep into the since behind health in our body, while the grading scheme distributed points across a cornucopia of things to lessen the stress of one individual assignment or exam.