Bill Text: IL HR0139 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates First Lady Michelle Obama on her success in leading the charge against childhood obesity.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-02-18 - Resolution Adopted [HR0139 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0139-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate First Lady | ||||||
| 4 | Michelle Obama on her success in leading the charge against | ||||||
| 5 | childhood obesity; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Federal health authorities reported a 43% drop in | ||||||
| 7 | the obesity rate among 2 to 5-year-old children in the past | ||||||
| 8 | decade - the first broad decline in an epidemic that often | ||||||
| 9 | leads to life-long struggles with weight, along with higher | ||||||
| 10 | risks for cancer, heart disease, and stroke; approximately 8% | ||||||
| 11 | of 2 to 5-year-olds were obese in 2012 - down from 14% in 2004; | ||||||
| 12 | and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Children now consume fewer calories from sugary | ||||||
| 14 | beverages than they did in 1999; more women are breast-feeding, | ||||||
| 15 | which can lead to a healthier range of weight gain for young | ||||||
| 16 | children; and research has chronicled a drop in overall calorie | ||||||
| 17 | intake for children in the past decade; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, First Lady Michelle Obama has led a push to change | ||||||
| 19 | young children's eating and exercise habits and 10,000 child | ||||||
| 20 | care centers across the country have signed on; she remarked | ||||||
| 21 | that she was "...thrilled at the progress we've made over the | ||||||
| 22 | last few years in obesity rates among our youngest Americans."; | ||||||
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The decline in the childhood obesity rate should | ||||||
| 3 | be viewed as just the start of a sustained campaign to improve | ||||||
| 4 | the health and well-being of children and not as a conclusion | ||||||
| 5 | to it; therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 7 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 8 | congratulate First Lady Michelle Obama on her success in | ||||||
| 9 | leading the charge against childhood obesity; and be it further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 11 | presented to First Lady Michelle Obama as an expression of our | ||||||
| 12 | esteem and respect.
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