Bill Text: CA ACR199 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Concurrent Resolution 199 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Obesity Awareness Month.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 52-26-1)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-07 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 175, Statutes of 2016. [ACR199 Detail]

Download: California-2015-ACR199-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: ACR 199	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  175
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 7, 2016
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 29, 2016
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 18, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 18, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 10, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonta
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen,
Arambula, Atkins, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Brough, Brown,
Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau, Ch�vez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley,
Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines,
Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez,
Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Holden, Irwin, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein,
Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian,
Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas,
Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting,
Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, and Wood)

                        JUNE 21, 2016

   Relative to Obesity Awareness Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 199, Bonta. Obesity Awareness Month.
   This measure would annually proclaim the month of November as
Obesity Awareness Month in California.



   WHEREAS, Obesity is recognized as a national epidemic, and each
state must seek out all necessary means to fight it; and
   WHEREAS, More than one-third of adults in the United States (34.9
percent), or approximately 111 million Americans, have obesity; and
   WHEREAS, In California, nearly 60 percent of adults are overweight
or have obesity and one in four have obesity; and
   WHEREAS, Minorities in California are disproportionately affected
by obesity, with approximately 34.7 percent of African Americans and
31.7 percent of Latinos considered as having obesity; and
   WHEREAS, Those without economic means are disproportionately
affected by obesity; 33 percent of those with incomes of $15,000 per
year or less have obesity, compared with 24.6 percent of those who
make at least $50,000 per year, while 33 percent of those not
graduating high school have obesity, compared with 21.5 percent of
those who graduated college or technical college; and
   WHEREAS, Obesity has been linked to many comorbidities and chronic
diseases, with the six most common and most costly being type II
diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, stroke, arthritis,
and certain types of cancer; and
   WHEREAS, Obesity is one of the largest drivers of health care
costs, with estimates ranging from $147 billion to $210 billion in
annual medically related costs as of 2012; and
   WHEREAS, The State of California paid approximately $1.3 billion
in obesity-related costs in Medi-Cal in 2013, and annual costs of
severe obesity amounted to $9.1 billion in overall health care costs
in 2013; and
   WHEREAS, The estimated medically related costs of adult obesity
are expected to rise to $620 billion annually by 2030; and
   WHEREAS, Obesity-related job absenteeism costs employers in the
United States at least $4.3 billion annually, taking a toll on the
economy; and
   WHEREAS, Almost every state that demonstrates a 5-percent decrease
in average body mass index will experience an approximate
6.5-percent to 7.9-percent reduction in overall health care costs
over the next 5 to 10 years; and
   WHEREAS, The American Medical Association (AMA) has now recognized
obesity as a chronic disease requiring a range of medical
interventions to advance obesity treatment and prevention, and health
professionals from a large and growing number of other professional
medical societies have signaled their support for the AMA's decision
to recognize obesity as a disease; and
   WHEREAS, Significant innovations in treatment and medical
interventions, including, among others, pharmacotherapy, have been
approved for the medical community in recent years; now, therefore,
be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature proclaims the month of
November 2016, and each November thereafter, as Obesity Awareness
Month in California; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature supports policies to reduce obesity
in California and the costs associated with the disease; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.