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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | 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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| 6 | 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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| 9 | 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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| 15 | 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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| 1 | 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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| 6 | 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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| 10 | 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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| 13 | 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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| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to President Barack Obama and the members of the | ||||||
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| 1 | Illinois congressional delegation.
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