PRINTER'S NO. 17
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
36
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BULLOCK, READSHAW, HILL-EVANS, BIZZARRO,
DiGIROLAMO, LONGIETTI, SCHLOSSBERG, SONNEY, KINSEY, KORTZ,
CALTAGIRONE, YOUNGBLOOD, OBERLANDER, MILLARD, MURT AND
NEILSON, JANUARY 16, 2019
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JANUARY 16, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of January 20 through 26, 2019, as "Healthy
Weight Week" and designating January 24, 2019, as "Women's
Healthy Weight Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The 24th annual "Healthy Weight Week" celebrates
healthy diet-free living habits that last a lifetime and prevent
eating-related and weight-related problems; and
WHEREAS, During "Healthy Weight Week," individuals are
encouraged to improve eating and exercise habits in lasting ways
and normalize their lives by healthy eating without dieting,
living actively and feeling good about themselves and others;
and
WHEREAS, Body dissatisfaction and the unhealthy methods
employed to try to change an individual's body into what is
often completely unrealistic are issues that deserve as much
attention as the rise of obesity in this country; and
WHEREAS, Led by senior statistician Katherine Flegal and
published in the Journal of the American Medical Association,
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extensive research at the National Center for Health Statistics
shows that, relative to normal weight, obesity and grades 2 and
3 obesity, or a body mass index (BMI) over 30, were associated
with significantly higher all-cause mortality, while overweight
individuals with a BMI of 25-30 tend to live longer; and
WHEREAS, "Healthy Weight Week" promotes women's healthy
weight awards in an effort to change weight messaging by
encouraging advertisers and television producers to portray
healthy, active women in a wider range of sizes; and
WHEREAS, "Women's Healthy Weight Day" falls on the Thursday
of "Healthy Weight Week" and similarly advocates for optimizing
women's health by improving lifestyle choices such as eating
healthy and being active; and
WHEREAS, In emphasizing the value of supporting size
diversity, "Healthy Weight Week" and "Women's Healthy Weight
Day" undercut the thinness ideal, which research has shown
causes a great deal of pain and unhealthy behaviors in women,
including eating disorders and body image disturbance; therefore
be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
week of January 20 through 26, 2019, as "Healthy Weight Week"
and designate January 24, 2019, as "Women's Healthy Weight Day"
in Pennsylvania.
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