Bill Text: TX HR1419 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing September 28 to October 2, 2015, as Malnutrition Awareness Week in Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-24 - Reported enrolled [HR1419 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR1419-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1419 |
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WHEREAS, Malnutrition Awareness Week is taking place from | ||
September 28 to October 2, 2015; and | ||
WHEREAS, This observance was first established in 2012 by the | ||
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition; ASPEN has | ||
played a leading role in drawing attention to malnutrition, | ||
understanding that awareness is an important step toward treating | ||
the condition; and | ||
WHEREAS, ASPEN defines malnutrition as an "acute, subacute or | ||
chronic state of nutrition," and it can be the result of either | ||
inadequate or unbalanced nutrition; even overweight individuals | ||
can be malnourished if they are not receiving proper nutrients; and | ||
WHEREAS, Malnutrition can cause the loss of lean body mass, | ||
and that loss can affect recovery from surgery, illness, or | ||
disease; the condition is particularly prevalent in vulnerable | ||
groups such as older adults, hospital patients, and minority | ||
populations, and statistics show that these demographics have | ||
higher incidences of such severe chronic diseases as diabetes, | ||
kidney disease, and cardiovascular disease; and | ||
WHEREAS, Many health experts agree that the quality of | ||
nutrition has a direct impact on an individual's health and that | ||
good nutrition can reduce medical costs by helping to keep people | ||
healthy and out of institutionalized care; and | ||
WHEREAS, Two important tools in combatting malnutrition are | ||
nutritional screening and therapeutic nutrition, through which | ||
people at risk are administered food and fluids to support their | ||
metabolism; the benefits of these procedures are myriad, yet they | ||
are not routine practices across the spectrum of health care; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Texas Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics | ||
considers access to nutritional screening and therapeutic | ||
nutrition essential to restoring lean body mass, improving clinical | ||
outcomes, reducing health care costs, and promoting good health; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, By gaining a more thorough understanding of | ||
malnutrition, residents of the Lone Star State are able to better | ||
safeguard their health and to seek effective treatments, and all | ||
those involved in sharing information about this condition are | ||
indeed deserving of support; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize September 28 through October 2, 2015, | ||
as Malnutrition Awareness Week in Texas. | ||
Zerwas | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1419 was adopted by the House on March | ||
23, 2015, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||