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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