PRINTER'S NO. 4263
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
1170
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY MADDEN, KIRKLAND, HILL-EVANS, ROEBUCK, NEILSON,
THOMAS, BIZZARRO, DUSH, SONNEY, HENNESSEY, RYAN, BOBACK,
LONGIETTI, CALTAGIRONE, PASHINSKI, DiGIROLAMO, SCHLOSSBERG,
BURNS, READSHAW, MILLARD, WARD, YOUNGBLOOD, J. McNEILL AND
WARREN, OCTOBER 16, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 16, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of November 2018 as "National Diabetes
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
defines diabetes as a chronic disease that affects how an
individual's body turns food into energy; and
WHEREAS, When an individual has diabetes, the individual's
body either does not create enough insulin or is unable to
properly utilize its own insulin, resulting in an increased
level of blood sugar; and
WHEREAS, Individuals with diabetes can develop high blood
pressure which, when combined with uncontrolled levels of blood
sugar, can lead to serious health complications, including heart
disease, stroke, kidney disease, blindness, amputations of the
legs and feet and early death; and
WHEREAS, In 2017, 30.3 million Americans, or 9.4% of the
population, had diabetes; and
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WHEREAS, Approximately 1.25 million American children and
adults have type 1 diabetes; and
WHEREAS, Type 1 diabetes, previously known as juvenile
diabetes, is usually diagnosed in children and young adults; and
WHEREAS, Approximately 5% of individuals with diabetes have
type 1 diabetes; and
WHEREAS, Children and young adults can learn to manage type 1
diabetes with the help of insulin therapy and other treatments
and go on to live long, healthy lives; and
WHEREAS, Each year, 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with
diabetes; and
WHEREAS, In the United States in 2015, 79,535 death
certificates listed diabetes as the underlying cause of death
and a total of 252,806 death certificates listed diabetes as an
underlying or contributing cause of death; and
WHEREAS, Diabetes is currently the seventh leading cause of
death in the United States; and
WHEREAS, In an effort to focus the nation's attention on this
ever-growing disease and its impact on millions of Americans,
November has been recognized as "National Diabetes Month"; and
WHEREAS, Advocates nationwide join together as a united
community during this month to raise awareness, promote ongoing
diabetes education and support those living with diabetes; and
WHEREAS, The American Diabetes Association is dedicated to
the research, education and advocacy necessary to improve the
lives of all individuals living with diabetes and its
potentially deadly consequences; and
WHEREAS, Continuing advocacy and healthy disease management
promotes the American Diabetes Association's vision of a life
free of diabetes and all of its burdens; therefore be it
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
month of November 2018 as "National Diabetes Month" in
Pennsylvania and join the movement to stop diabetes.
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