| 1 | House Resolution |
| 2 | A resolution recognizing April 10, 2008, as "Obesity |
| 3 | Awareness Day." |
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Florida's leaders have a responsibility to |
| 6 | encourage and promote healthy lifestyles for the citizens of |
| 7 | this state, including communicating information about healthy |
| 8 | diet, the importance of physical activity, and the availability |
| 9 | of clinical treatment, and |
| 10 | WHEREAS, in recent years, poor health, in the form of |
| 11 | obesity and inactivity, has increased dramatically throughout |
| 12 | the world, and |
| 13 | WHEREAS, more than two-thirds of all American adults are |
| 14 | overweight or obese, representing approximately 151 million |
| 15 | people, and |
| 16 | WHEREAS, according to the Centers for Disease Control, in |
| 17 | the year 2006, approximately 34 percent of adults in the United |
| 18 | States were classified as "obese," an increase of more than 100 |
| 19 | percent since 1980, and |
| 20 | WHEREAS, only 22 percent of American adults engage in |
| 21 | recommended regular physical activity of any intensity during |
| 22 | leisure time, and only 15 percent engage in the recommended |
| 23 | amount of vigorous activity, and |
| 24 | WHEREAS, obesity can lead to a 50-percent to 100-percent |
| 25 | increase in risk of death to an individual from all causes, and |
| 26 | more than 280,000 Americans die each year from obesity-related |
| 27 | diseases, and |
| 28 | WHEREAS, 17.1 percent of all children and adolescents are |
| 29 | overweight, nearly double the percentage of children and |
| 30 | adolescents who were classified as overweight two decades ago, |
| 31 | and |
| 32 | WHEREAS, in 1980, fewer than 4 percent of childhood |
| 33 | diabetes cases were Type 2 Diabetes, but that number has since |
| 34 | risen to approximately 20 percent, and, of the children |
| 35 | diagnosed as having Type 2 Diabetes, 85 percent are obese, and |
| 36 | WHEREAS, because the incidence of Type 2 Diabetes has |
| 37 | tripled in the last 30 years, more people who have diabetes will |
| 38 | live longer and have a greater chance of developing disabling, |
| 39 | life-threatening complications from diabetes, and |
| 40 | WHEREAS, the direct costs of inactivity and obesity account |
| 41 | for approximately 9.4 percent of national health care |
| 42 | expenditures, with costs reaching at least $75 billion in 2003, |
| 43 | approximately $37.5 billion of which is borne by the federal and |
| 44 | state governments, and |
| 45 | WHEREAS, citizens will become more aware of the growing |
| 46 | problems related to obesity and inactivity if they are given |
| 47 | pertinent information and if good examples are set by leaders in |
| 48 | the community, NOW, THEREFORE, |
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| 50 | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of |
| 51 | Florida: |
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| 53 | That the House of Representatives, recognizes April 10, |
| 54 | 2008, as "Obesity Awareness Day." |