Full Text of HR0701 93rd General Assembly
HR0701 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Pursuant to House Resolution 147, the Department | 3 |
| of Public Health, in conjunction with the State Board of | 4 |
| Education, has conducted a sugar consumption study to determine | 5 |
| the effect of sugar consumption on the overall health of school | 6 |
| children; and
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| WHEREAS, The January 2004 study, which reviewed the | 8 |
| literature on the relationships between increased sugar | 9 |
| consumption in children's diets and health outcomes, found no | 10 |
| clear, direct link between cavities and modest school-age | 11 |
| consumption of sugared soft drinks; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, As a result of such lack of data, the Department | 13 |
| of Public Health is currently conducting a statewide survey to | 14 |
| collect current cavities' data; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, The study has found that an inactive lifestyle and | 16 |
| sedentary behavior is troubling and has a deleterious effect on | 17 |
| childhood obesity and its health-related consequences; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, the Department of Public Health's report on sugar | 19 |
| consumption stated a suggestion to "create a Nutritional | 20 |
| Advisory Committee to recommend state-wide school standards | 21 |
| for nutrition including formulating a state-wide policy on | 22 |
| vending machines in all schools"; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 24 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 25 |
| recommend the creation of the Nutrition Advisory Committee, to | 26 |
| be made up of 15 members as follows: the President of the | 27 |
| Senate or designee, the Minority Leader of the Senate or | 28 |
| designee, the Speaker of the House or designee, the Minority | 29 |
| Leader of the House or designee, the Director of Public Health | 30 |
| or designee, and the State Superintendent of Education or |
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| designee; and the following appointed by the Governor: 2 | 2 |
| representatives of the soft drink industry, 2 representatives | 3 |
| of the non-beverage snack food industry, one representative of | 4 |
| the Illinois State Dental Society, one licensed dietician who | 5 |
| works with school-age children, one physical education | 6 |
| instructor who works with school-age children, one | 7 |
| representative of the Illinois Coaches Association, and one | 8 |
| member of the Illinois Association of School Boards; and be it | 9 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That Committee members shall serve without | 11 |
| compensation but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and | 12 |
| necessary expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose, | 13 |
| that the Committee shall meet initially at the joint call of | 14 |
| the 4 legislative leaders, that the Committee shall select one | 15 |
| member as chairperson at its initial meeting and thereafter | 16 |
| meet at the call of the chairperson, that the Committee shall | 17 |
| receive the assistance of staff of the Department of Public | 18 |
| Health, and that the Committee shall report its findings and | 19 |
| recommendations concerning school standards for nutrition to | 20 |
| the General Assembly on or before September 1, 2005; and be it | 21 |
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 23 |
| delivered to the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader | 24 |
| of the Senate, the Director of Public Health, the State | 25 |
| Superintendent of Education, and the Governor.
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