HR 9023

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution designating March 2005 as "National Nutrition
3	Month in Florida."
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5	WHEREAS, the House of Representatives recognizes that the
6	food we eat plays a vital role in our overall health and
7	fitness, that diet-related diseases decrease the quality of life
8	for millions of Americans in the United States each year, and
9	that there is an epidemic of obesity in the State of Florida,
10	and
11	WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Health has stated that
12	the economic impact of excessive weight and obesity in the state
13	is manifested in the toll of certain diseases that result in the
14	expenditure of billions of dollars on the treatment of
15	cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes alone, and the
16	Federal Trade Commission has stated that consumers waste
17	billions of dollars each year on unproven, fraudulently
18	marketed, and potentially harmful products and treatments for
19	obesity, and
20	WHEREAS, the Florida Secretary of Health is conducting a
21	series of Obesity Summit meetings throughout the state, and
22	WHEREAS, the Surgeon General of the United States has
23	issued a "call to action" to prevent and decrease the excessive
24	weight and obesity that affect two-thirds of adults and 15
25	percent of children and adolescents, and
26	WHEREAS, the United States Department of Health and Human
27	Services' Healthy People 2010 Initiative cites nutrition and
28	weight as a specific focus for improving America's health,
29	listing 18 objectives for promoting health and reducing chronic
30	diseases through proper diet and maintenance of healthy weight,
31	and
32	WHEREAS, there remains a critical need for continuing
33	nutrition education and a wide-scale effort to enhance healthy
34	eating practices, NOW, THEREFORE,
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36	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
37	Florida:
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39	That the House of Representatives designates March 2005 as
40	"National Nutrition Month in Florida," urges the provision of
41	increased education as to the prevention and treatment of
42	obesity-related diseases, and encourages all Floridians to
43	become more aware of the benefits of and the need for adopting
44	good nutritional practices.

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