The Progression of Obesity Guidance

Description

A main them in this course is that you need to develop skills that will help you to consistently learn about new topics, policies, research, people, etc. related to human services (these could be explicitly or distally related). These skills should become second nature so that you are constantly learning and becoming a better professional whether you end up in human services or not. To understand where we are now we need to understand what has already happened. This assignment asks you to examine and critically discuss an historical event, conflict or movement (domestic or international) from 20thor 21stcentury history that is related to human services AND discuss at least one particular concept from the cultural competence lecture/materials that applies to your topic of choice. It can be related to any of the topics or subtopics covered in class, such as mental health, disabilities, etc. Topic:  Obesity programming, medical guidelines, how has that sector of public health shifted over time. How how the perspective on the topic changed? Background: Description of the event/conflict/movement. What is the time period when this event/conflict/movement started and/or accelerated? Who are the key players (protagonists and antagonists)? Describe what happened. Using a timeline as a guide will likely help you with this. How is this related to human services? Be specific and detailed here. I want to see that you have made a solid connection to human services Current State: What is the current state of this topic/movement/conflict? What major policies have been passed at the federal and state level?  What is currently being fought for/what are current problems that still exist? What are some current pieces of legislation or ideas being talked about or currently developed? What are the leading organizations that are the thought leaders and experts? What do they do exactly (provide guidelines, develop policy, provide human services, conduct research, etc.)?