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1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, Scientific research demonstrates that good |
3 | | nutrition beginning in utero and extending throughout
the first |
4 | | year of life is critical to the healthy growth and development |
5 | | of infants and that breastfeeding is the
best form of infant |
6 | | nutrition by providing certain health benefits for both the |
7 | | mother and child; and |
8 | | WHEREAS, The United States Surgeon General and the American |
9 | | Academy of Pediatrics recommend babies
be exclusively fed with |
10 | | breast milk for the first 6 months of life, and continue on |
11 | | with breast milk through the
first year of life; and |
12 | | WHEREAS, Healthy People 2020, an initiative that comprises |
13 | | science-based, ten-year national objectives to
improve the |
14 | | health of all Americans, administered under the U.S. Department |
15 | | of Health and Human Services,
aims to increase the percentage |
16 | | of women initiating breastfeeding to 81.9% and still continuing |
17 | | to
breastfeed when their newborn is 6 months of age to 60.6%; |
18 | | and |
19 | | WHEREAS, It is a mother's choice in how she feeds her baby, |
20 | | and the choice is often made based on the
best feeding option |
21 | | for her infant given her and her family's life circumstance, |
22 | | including familial, cultural, and
community issues as well as |
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1 | | based on barriers to breastfeeding, including returning to |
2 | | work, medical difficulties,
and lack of breastfeeding support; |
3 | | and |
4 | | WHEREAS, The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Support |
5 | | Breastfeeding, the American Academy of Pediatrics,
and other |
6 | | public health organizations do promote breastfeeding goals, |
7 | | and some go beyond this to promote
other dietary guidance for |
8 | | feeding an infant under age 2 or identify what a mother should |
9 | | do if she cannot
or chooses not to breastfeed, or needs to |
10 | | supplement breastfeeding; and |
11 | | WHEREAS, An example of this is provided in the U.S. |
12 | | Department of Agriculture Food & Nutrition Service
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13 | | publication, "Feeding Your Baby in the first Year", which gives |
14 | | participants in the Women, Infant, and Children
(WIC) food |
15 | | program a basic overview of the best sources of nutrition for |
16 | | their babies in the first year, starting
with breastfeeding, |
17 | | including infant formula if needed, following with the |
18 | | introduction of solid foods; and
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19 | | WHEREAS, Infant nutrition research has generated a range of |
20 | | iron-fortified infant formulas (as well as specialized
infant |
21 | | formulas for premature babies and for those babies with medical |
22 | | conditions needing sustenance to
survive and thrive) that |
23 | | address a critical need in providing a safe and nutritious |
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1 | | alternative to breast milk for
mothers who are unable to |
2 | | breastfeed; therefore, be it
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3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
4 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
5 | | we acknowledge the
role of optimal infant nutrition during the |
6 | | first year of life and that new mothers require information, |
7 | | guidance,
and support to provide the best nutritional start for |
8 | | their babies; and be it further
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9 | | RESOLVED, That we recognize the scientific research |
10 | | documenting that breastfeeding is
the best form of infant |
11 | | nutrition and supports breastfeeding promotion policies; and |
12 | | be it further
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13 | | RESOLVED, That we aspire for mothers to make informed |
14 | | choices about
how to feed their infants by requiring that |
15 | | mothers receive, prior to and/or after birth, complete and |
16 | | balanced
information on all infant nutrition options; and be it |
17 | | further
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18 | | RESOLVED, That we call on the U.S. Department of Health and |
19 | | Human Services to
publish and distribute maternal and infant |
20 | | nutrition information approved by the U.S. Surgeon General to
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21 | | mothers prior to and after birth; and be it further
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1 | | RESOLVED, That we urge state health departments to |
2 | | facilitate public-private
collaboration with families and |
3 | | communities to increase maternal and infant nutrition |
4 | | awareness, particularly
in underserved areas, and provide |
5 | | access to nutritional programs for mothers and their children |
6 | | beginning in
utero and throughout their first year of life; and |
7 | | be it further
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8 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to |
9 | | the President of the United States,
the Vice-President of the |
10 | | United States, members of the Illinois Delegation of the U.S. |
11 | | House of Representatives, Illinois Senators Richard J. Durbin |
12 | | and Mark Kirk, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health |
13 | | and Human Services, the United States Surgeon
General, the |
14 | | Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and other |
15 | | federal and state government officials
as appropriate.
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