This Is A paper that i have been writting along the time, I wrote the
first pages but really need to focus on the tpic and i feel im not
focusing at all.
My topic is Obesity as A social Problem. Please
Read what i have written and change it because i think i might be in
the wrong path
also i want you to write the second part of the essay witch is the 5 new pages i am asking for This are the instructions:
A. To that paper that you just wrote up, add a new section
called Policies. Find out what laws, rules, regulation, and other
kinds of policies are in place at the federal, state, or local levels
that are meant to address the problem. Explain the main ones, and how
they work. In class we divided them up into
a) over-arching
laws, like consitutional amendments (for example; the amendment giving
women the right to vote), or large scale programs like medicaide and
medicare.
b) programs, like the welfare programs TANF, WIC, and Food Stamps, meant to address poverty
c) rules and regulations, like
1. regulations on products (for example, state regulations on the sales of tobacco and alcohol to minors)
2. city regulations against camping on streets (meant to keep the homeless from sleeping on the street)
3. regulations on behavior (like not allowing smoking within 15 feet of a building)
d) other kinds of programs meant to deter or encourage behaviors, such as
1. educational campaigns (like those trying to reduce teen smoking)
2. needle exchange programs (trying to reduce the spread of AIDS via needle sharing)
B. Your assessment of how well these are working. For
example, did you find that when educational campaigns began in schools,
teen smoking went down, up, or stayed the same? Did you find that laws
against drunk driving have actually reduced drunk driving, kept it the
same, increased it? Have laws agains illegal drugs reduced, increased,
or kept illegal drug use the same since they were passed?
1. Use information you gather in your research to discuss the efficacy of the policies.
C. Finally, discuss what laws and polices are being proposed
today, by various groups, so solve or deal with your social problem.
You can talk about national, state, or local laws. For example, what
does the new Obama administration proposed to do about your social
problem? What are legislators in the State of Texas talking about
doing? What do other groups like Sierra Club or National Organization
for Women or the Christian Coalition or the NRA or Teachers Union of
Texas promote as better policies?
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