BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
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199 (Bonta)
As Amended August 10, 2016
Majority vote
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|Committee |Votes|Ayes |Noes |
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|Rules |9-0 |Gordon, Arambula, | |
| | |Cooley, Gomez, | |
| | |Holden, Jones, Quirk, | |
| | |Rodriguez, Waldron | |
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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%), or
approximately 111 million Americans, are obese and in
California, nearly 60% of adults are considered overweight or
obese and one in four are obese.
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3)Those without economic means are disproportionately affected
by obesity; 33% of those with incomes of $15,000 per year or
less are obese, compared with 24.6% of those who make at least
$50,000 per year, while 33% of those not graduating high
school are obese compared to 21.5% of those who graduated
college or technical college.
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
Analysis Prepared by:
Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 FN:
0003974
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