PRINTER'S NO. 17

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

No.

14

Session of

2017

INTRODUCED BY BURNS, MILLARD, DUSH, MATZIE, D. COSTA, SONNEY,

HENNESSEY, BAKER, MURT, R. BROWN, DiGIROLAMO, READSHAW,

BOBACK, SAYLOR, MULLERY, WATSON, KAVULICH, SCHLOSSBERG,

Recognizing the month of March 2017 as "National Nutrition

Month" in Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, "National Nutrition Month" is a nutrition education

and information campaign created by the Academy of Nutrition and

Dietetics to focus attention on the importance of making

informed food and nutrition choices and developing sound eating

and physical activity habits; and

WHEREAS, The theme for 2017 "National Nutrition Month" is

"Put Your Best Fork Forward"; and

WHEREAS, The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has more than

Dietitian Nutritionists or Registered Dietetic Technicians; and

WHEREAS, Food is the substance by which life is sustained;

and

WHEREAS, The type, quality and amount of food that

individuals consume each day play a vital role in overall health

and physical fitness; and

WHEREAS, There is a need for continuing nutrition education

and a wide-scale effort to enhance healthy eating practices;

therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the

today and tomorrow.