PRINTER'S NO. 1318
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
239
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MARTIN, AUMENT, DINNIMAN, SABATINA, RESCHENTHALER,
GREENLEAF, FARNESE, BOSCOLA, BREWSTER, TARTAGLIONE, WAGNER,
HUGHES, RAFFERTY, BROWNE, BAKER, MENSCH, KILLION, COSTA,
YUDICHAK, FOLMER, WARD, BARTOLOTTA, WILLIAMS AND BLAKE,
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, NOVEMBER 13, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing November 14, 2017, as "World Diabetes Day" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
defines diabetes as a chronic disease that affects one's ability
to process food into energy properly; and
WHEREAS, The inability to process food properly affects an
individual's ability to create enough insulin or fully utilize
the individual's own insulin; and
WHEREAS, Over time, abnormalities with insulin levels can
lead to serious health complications, including heart disease,
stroke, kidney disease, blindness, limb amputations and early
death; and
WHEREAS, There are three main types of diabetes: Type 1, Type
2 and gestational diabetes; and
WHEREAS, Risk factors for diabetes include genetic factors,
high blood pressure, low HDL cholesterol or high triglycerides,
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