Full Text of HJR0030 098th General Assembly
HJ0030 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Childhood obesity has more than tripled in the | 3 | | past 30 years; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The percentage of children aged 6-11 in the United | 5 | | States who were obese increased from 7% in 1980, to 20% in | 6 | | 2008, and the percentage of adolescents aged 12-19 years who | 7 | | were obese increased from 5% to 18% over the same period; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, In 2008, over 1/3 of children and adolescents were | 9 | | overweight or obese; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, After the family, school is the primary | 11 | | institution responsible for the development of young people in | 12 | | the United States; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Schools have direct contact with more than 95% of | 14 | | our nations young people aged 5-17 years, for about 6 hours a | 15 | | day, and for up to 13 critical years of their social, | 16 | | psychological, physical, and intellectual development; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The health of young people is strongly linked to | 18 | | their academic success, helping students stay healthy is a | 19 | | fundamental mission of schools; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The fifth grade students at Columbus Elementary | 2 | | School in Edwardsville are building awareness and importance of | 3 | | physical fitness; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has a blue ribbon panel that | 5 | | is reviewing ways to enhance physical fitness programs in our | 6 | | Illinois schools; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
| 8 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 9 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN,
that we further encourage educators | 10 | | and school administrators to suggest some topics, but not | 11 | | limited to the following for discussion during fitness | 12 | | awareness week: nutrition and dietary behavior, physical | 13 | | activity protocol, tobacco-use prevention, alcohol or drug use | 14 | | prevention, review of cardio protocols, review of eating | 15 | | disorders, and a review of physical activity facts; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That we urge educators and school administrators | 18 | | to promote that one week of each school year be used to | 19 | | emphasize the importance of physical fitness in schools in the | 20 | | State of Illinois; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to Columbus Elementary School in Edwardsville.
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