PRINTER'S NO. 3216

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

No.

778

Session of

2018

INTRODUCED BY BURNS, WARD, CALTAGIRONE, SCHLOSSBERG, READSHAW,

NEILSON, MATZIE, RYAN, KINSEY, DiGIROLAMO, MILLARD, TOOHIL,

LONGIETTI, BIZZARRO, MULLERY, PASHINSKI, BOBACK, YOUNGBLOOD,

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 2018 "National Nutrition Month" is "Go

Further With Food"; and

WHEREAS, The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has more than

100,000 credited practitioners; 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

month of March 2018 as "National Nutrition Month" in