PRINTER'S NO. 14
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
8
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BULLOCK, DEAN, YOUNGBLOOD, DiGIROLAMO, KINSEY,
HENNESSEY, MILLARD, CALTAGIRONE, WATSON, READSHAW, MURT,
CONKLIN, D. COSTA, DONATUCCI, WARD, SCHLOSSBERG, BIZZARRO,
EVERETT, V. BROWN, GILLEN, THOMAS, M. QUINN AND FREEMAN,
JANUARY 23, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JANUARY 23, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the week of January 15 through 21, 2017, as "Healthy
Weight Week" and recognizing Thursday, January 19, 2017, as
"Women's Healthy Weight Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The 22nd annual "Healthy Weight Week" celebrates
healthy diet-free living habits that last a lifetime and that
prevent eating-related and weight-related problems; and
WHEREAS, During "Healthy Weight Week," people 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, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has
released studies suggesting that the real weight epidemic in
this country is about body dissatisfaction and the unhealthy
methods employed to try to change bodies into what is often
completely unrealistic for an individual; and
WHEREAS, Extensive research at the National Center for Health
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