PRINTER'S NO. 2653
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
557
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY OBERLANDER, SAINATO, PICKETT, BIZZARRO, STAATS,
GREINER, HENNESSEY, KORTZ, MERSKI, SCHLOSSBERG, KINSEY,
LONGIETTI, MACKENZIE, FREEMAN, BROOKS, SCHLEGEL CULVER,
MILLARD, RYAN, SONNEY, HILL-EVANS, READSHAW, BROWN, MENTZER,
BURNS, FEE, JAMES, HAHN, BERNSTINE, SCHMITT, YOUNGBLOOD,
McNEILL, CIRESI AND ZIMMERMAN, OCTOBER 11, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, OCTOBER 11, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of November 10 through 16, 2019, as
"Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Awareness Week" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Approximately 1.5 million Pennsylvanians have
diabetes, a chronic condition that occurs when the body does not
properly produce or use the hormone insulin that regulates blood
sugar; and
WHEREAS, An additional 3.5 million Pennsylvanians have
prediabetes, which is an elevated blood sugar level not yet high
enough to be diagnosed as diabetes; and
WHEREAS, Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes,
representing an estimated 90% to 95% of all diagnosed adult
diabetes cases in the United States; and
WHEREAS, Individuals with type 2 diabetes have a two to four
times greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease; and
WHEREAS, Cardiovascular disease, the term used to define
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