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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 199
Author: Bonta (D), et al.
Amended: 8/18/16 in Assembly
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: Read and adopted, 8/18/16
SUBJECT: Obesity Awareness Month
SOURCE: Obesity Action Coalition
DIGEST: This resolution proclaims the month of November as
Obesity Awareness Month in California.
ANALYSIS: 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.
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.
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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.
This resolution proclaims the month of November as Obesity
Awareness Month in California.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified 8/23/16)
Obesity Action Coalition (source)
OPPOSITION: (Verified 8/23/16)
None received
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Prepared by: Melissa Ward / SFA / (916) 651-1520
8/23/16 10:18:33
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