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          Date of Hearing:   August 11, 2016


                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES


                              Richard S. Gordon, Chair


          ACR  
                       199 (Bonta) - As Amended  August 10, 2016


          SUBJECT:  Obesity Awareness Month


          SUMMARY:  Proclaims the month of November as Obesity Awareness  
          Month in California.  Specifically, this resolution makes the  
          following legislative findings: 


          1)Obesity is recognized as a national epidemic and each state  
            must seek out all necessary means to fight it.



          2)More than one-third of adults in the United States (34.9  
            percent), or approximately 111 million Americans, are obese  
            and in California, nearly 60 percent of adults are considered  
            overweight or obese and one in four are obese.



          3)Those without economic means are disproportionately affected  
            by obesity; 33 percent of those with incomes of $15,000 per  
            year or less are obese, compared with 24.6 percent of those  
            who make at least $50,000 per year, while 33 percent of those  
            not graduating high school are obese compared to 21.5 percent  
            of those who graduated college or technical college.











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          4)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.  The State of  
            California paid approximately $1.3 billion in obesity-related  
            costs in Medi-Cal in 2013, and annual costs of severe obesity  
            cost $9.1 billion in overall health care costs in 2013.



          5)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.



          6)Significant innovations in treatment and medical  
            interventions, including pharmacotherapy and other medical  
            interventions, have been approved for the medical community in  
            recent years.
          FISCAL EFFECT:  None


          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:


          Support


          None on file


          Opposition
          None on file


          Analysis Prepared by:Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800











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