Full Text of HR0128 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Risk factors for cardiovascular disease including | 3 | | high cholesterol and high blood pressure increase for obese | 4 | | youth; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Children and adolescents who are obese are more | 6 | | likely to be obese as adults and therefore more likely to | 7 | | suffer from cardiovascular disease and certain types of cancer; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Children and adolescents who participate in | 10 | | physical activity and healthy lifestyle habits can lower their | 11 | | risk for cardiovascular diseases and certain types of cancer; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Schools play an important role in helping children | 14 | | and adolescents to develop and maintain healthy lifestyle | 15 | | habits through recess opportunities and physical education | 16 | | classes; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Research indicates that physical activity can | 18 | | improve concentration, classroom behavior, and memory; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama has | 20 | | committed to lowering childhood obesity and increasing |
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| 1 | | physical activity for children and adolescents through her | 2 | | Healthier US Schools Challenge (HUSSC); and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, First Lady Michelle Obama's HUSSC program | 4 | | recommends a Gold standard of at least 90 minutes of physical | 5 | | activity per week for middle school age children; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Chicago School District 299 educates more than | 7 | | 400,000 students per year; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, District 299 has indicated its mission to empower | 9 | | all students to engage in regular lifelong physical activity as | 10 | | a foundation for academic achievement, leading to a healthy and | 11 | | successful life; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, District 299 has demonstrated its commitment to | 13 | | increasing physical activity and healthy lifestyle habits in | 14 | | children and adolescents by constructing a 3-year plan to | 15 | | increase the quality and quantity of physical education, with | 16 | | input from teachers, principals, students, parents, higher | 17 | | education, and external partners; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, District 299 plans to increase the quality of | 19 | | physical education by implementing health-optimizing physical | 20 | | education; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, District 299 has further committed to increase the | 2 | | quantity of physical education by doubling the amount of | 3 | | physical education elementary students receive, from an | 4 | | average of 50 minutes per week to 90 minutes per week, and | 5 | | requiring daily physical education for all 4 years of high | 6 | | school, starting in the 2014-2015 school year; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 | | we congratulate the staff, faculty, and administration of | 10 | | Chicago School District 299 on its efforts and support its | 11 | | mission to increase the quantity and quality of physical | 12 | | education for the students of Chicago Public Schools; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to Chicago School District 299 as a symbol of our | 16 | | esteem and respect.
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