Full Text of HR0582 96th General Assembly
HR0582 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives and State Representative Monique D. Davis | 4 |
| resolve to find proper solutions to the problems that face the | 5 |
| citizens of our State and the nation; and
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| WHEREAS, Recent studies by the National Health and | 7 |
| Nutrition Examination Survey suggest that an estimated 61 | 8 |
| percent of U.S. adults are currently overweight or obese; and
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| WHEREAS, In addition to possible psychological | 10 |
| repercussions, obesity can lead to numerous health conditions, | 11 |
| including heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, | 12 |
| knee and joint problems, various types of cancer, and death; | 13 |
| 300,000 deaths each year in the United States are associated | 14 |
| with obesity; and
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| WHEREAS, Studies from the University of New Hampshire have | 16 |
| found that 18 to 24 year olds are on the path toward chronic | 17 |
| health diseases; the studies found that, from a group of more | 18 |
| than 800 undergraduates, at least one-third of UNH students | 19 |
| were overweight or obese, 8 percent of men had metabolic | 20 |
| syndrome, 60 percent of men had high blood pressure, and more | 21 |
| than two-thirds of women were not meeting their nutritional | 22 |
| needs for iron, calcium, or folate; and |
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| WHEREAS, The prevalence rate of obesity in college students | 2 |
| has doubled over the past 10 years; the rise is partly | 3 |
| attributed to an increasing number of colleges and universities | 4 |
| contracting meals out to fast food chains, such as McDonald's, | 5 |
| Domino's Pizza, or Taco Bell; and
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| WHEREAS, There is an absence of fresh and healthy food | 7 |
| choices at many universities in the United States and a lack of | 8 |
| understanding of how unhealthy food choices lead to health | 9 |
| problems; and
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| WHEREAS, The United States government, like the Illinois | 11 |
| General Assembly, has a responsibility to provide for the | 12 |
| safety and welfare of the citizenry; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 |
| urge the United States President and Congress to pass | 16 |
| legislation that would regulate the nutritional content of the | 17 |
| food that universities, particularly historically black | 18 |
| universities, offer to their students on campus in order to | 19 |
| decrease the nation's obesity problems; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to President Barack Obama and the members of the |
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| Illinois congressional delegation.
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