Bill Text: IL HR0710 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Recognizes "Eating Disorders Awareness Week" as commencing the last Sunday in February.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 11-6)

Status: (Passed) 2018-03-01 - Resolution Adopted [HR0710 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HR0710-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, National Eating Disorders Awareness Week is
designated as the calendar week commencing the last Sunday in
February; and
WHEREAS, Thirty million Americans will struggle with an
eating disorder at some point in their lives; and
WHEREAS, Eating disorders affect people of all ages, races,
sizes, sexual orientations, ethnicities, and socioeconomic
statuses; and
WHEREAS, Eating disorders, including the specific
disorders of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating
disorder, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, and other
specified feeding or eating disorders, are complex,
biologically-based illnesses; and
WHEREAS, Persons with eating disorders have amongst the
highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses; and
WHEREAS, Eating disorders have a high prevalence amongst
active military servicemembers and veterans; and
WHEREAS, Health professionals receive limited or no formal

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training about eating disorders or the identification and
treatment of such orders; and
WHEREAS, Eating disorders can be successfully treated with
interventions at the appropriate durations and levels of care,
yet only one third of persons with eating disorders receive any
medical, psychiatric, or therapeutic care; and
WHEREAS, Best practice treatment of eating disorders
includes patients, their families, and a comprehensive team of
professionals, such as social workers, mental health
counselors, primary care practitioners, psychiatrists,
psychologists, dietitians, art therapists, and other specialty
providers; and
WHEREAS, To inform evidence-based treatments, promote
prevention efforts, facilitate early identification, and
provide insight on illness causation and the damaging effects
of eating disorders upon minds and bodies, more research is
needed; and
WHEREAS, Every 62 minutes, someone dies as a result of an
eating disorder; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we

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recognize the week of February 26 through March 4, 2018 as
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week; and be it further
RESOLVED, That we support the goals and ideals of a
national week to raise public awareness and understanding of
eating disorders; we recognize the rate at which individuals in
the United States are affected by eating disorders and the
inadequate rate at which such individuals week treatment; we
acknowledge that eating disorders can be successfully treated
with appropriate levels of care and that individuals with
eating disorders can and do recover; and be it further
RESOLVED, That we encourage the Federal Government, State
and local governments, and citizens of the United States to
support National Eating Disorders Awareness Week through
appropriate programs and activities and to promote public
awareness of eating disorders.