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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, National Eating Disorders Awareness Week is | ||||||
3 | designated as the calendar week commencing the last Sunday in | ||||||
4 | February; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Thirty million Americans will struggle with an | ||||||
6 | eating disorder at some point in their lives; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Eating disorders affect people of all ages, races, | ||||||
8 | sizes, sexual orientations, ethnicities, and socioeconomic | ||||||
9 | statuses; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Eating disorders, including the specific | ||||||
11 | disorders of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating | ||||||
12 | disorder, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, and other | ||||||
13 | specified feeding or eating disorders, are complex, | ||||||
14 | biologically-based illnesses; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Persons with eating disorders have amongst the | ||||||
16 | highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Eating disorders have a high prevalence amongst | ||||||
18 | active military servicemembers and veterans; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Health professionals receive limited or no formal |
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1 | training about eating disorders or the identification and | ||||||
2 | treatment of such orders; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Eating disorders can be successfully treated with | ||||||
4 | interventions at the appropriate durations and levels of care, | ||||||
5 | yet only one third of persons with eating disorders receive any | ||||||
6 | medical, psychiatric, or therapeutic care; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Best practice treatment of eating disorders | ||||||
8 | includes patients, their families, and a comprehensive team of | ||||||
9 | professionals, such as social workers, mental health | ||||||
10 | counselors, primary care practitioners, psychiatrists, | ||||||
11 | psychologists, dietitians, art therapists, and other specialty | ||||||
12 | providers; and
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13 | WHEREAS, To inform evidence-based treatments, promote | ||||||
14 | prevention efforts, facilitate early identification, and | ||||||
15 | provide insight on illness causation and the damaging effects | ||||||
16 | of eating disorders upon minds and bodies, more research is | ||||||
17 | needed; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Every 62 minutes, someone dies as a result of an | ||||||
19 | eating disorder; therefore, be it
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20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
21 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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1 | recognize the week of February 26 through March 4, 2018 as | ||||||
2 | National Eating Disorders Awareness Week; and be it further
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3 | RESOLVED, That we support the goals and ideals of a | ||||||
4 | national week to raise public awareness and understanding of | ||||||
5 | eating disorders; we recognize the rate at which individuals in | ||||||
6 | the United States are affected by eating disorders and the | ||||||
7 | inadequate rate at which such individuals week treatment; we | ||||||
8 | acknowledge that eating disorders can be successfully treated | ||||||
9 | with appropriate levels of care and that individuals with | ||||||
10 | eating disorders can and do recover; and be it further
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11 | RESOLVED, That we encourage the Federal Government, State | ||||||
12 | and local governments, and citizens of the United States to | ||||||
13 | support National Eating Disorders Awareness Week through | ||||||
14 | appropriate programs and activities and to promote public | ||||||
15 | awareness of eating disorders.
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