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Dietspotlight.com Research Leadership Scholarship Program (ID 1761)


Scholarship Description

Start Date:
3/1/2016
Deadline:
12/31/2016
Website:
http://www.dietspotlight.com/scholarship/
Amount:
$3,000 (one award)
$1,000 (three awards)
Description:
The Dietspotlight.com Research Leadership Scholarship Program was created in hopes that it may encourage students in various health fields to work toward a future in which obesity and its related problems can be controlled. It should be noted that some of the newer diet supplements out there do a good job in addressing weight management, but consumer products only address a part of the issue.

2016 Essay Subject

According to the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), it is perfectly legal for employers to assess their employees as much as 30% of the cost of provided health benefit (insurance) coverage, if the employee doesn’t meet certain wellness goals (established by the Department of Health and Human Services) which include weight and/or body mass index (BMI). Critics say that this amounts to a thinly veiled form of ‘fat discrimination’. Supporters feel this a very good thing as it establishes a financial incentive for people to work toward long-term health goals.

Discuss which view of the situation you think is more fair.

Essay Requirement:
Your written response must be written in English, with correct spelling and grammar, and it must not exceed fifteen hundred (900-1500) words.

Contact Information

Email:
[email protected]

Eligibility

Gender:
NA
Major/Career:
Health Fields
Eligibility:
The Dietspotlight.com Scholarship Program is open only to those legal residents of the fifty United States, the U.S. Territories, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico who are thirteen (13) years of age or older at the time of application and who are currently enrolled in a U.S. accredited, post-secondary institution of higher learning (college, university, or trade school). Current employees, officers, directors and agents of Sponsor and its related companies and members of their immediate families (defined as spouses, parents, siblings and children) and persons residing at the same address are not eligible to win. Void where prohibited. No purchase of any kind is necessary.