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          ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
          ACR 172 (Beth Gaines)
          As Introduced  August 7, 2014
          Majority vote 

           RULES               6-0                                         
           
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          |Ayes:|Gordon, Brown, Gonzalez,  |
          |     |Hagman, Nazarian,         |
          |     |Ridley-Thomas             |
          |     |                          |
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           SUMMARY  :  Declares November 2014 as Diabetes Awareness Month.   
          Specifically,  this resolution  makes the following legislative  
          findings:

          1)Diabetes is a chronic disease for which there is no known cure  
            and affects more than 25 million Americans across our country  
            and with many more going undiagnosed; diabetes remains a  
            pressing national health concern.

          2)Nearly three million Californians have diabetes, that means  
            more than one out of every 10 Californians has diabetes; and,  
            from 1998 to 2007, the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes rose  
            from 5.5% to 7.6%.

          3)In 2007, approximately 7.9 million adults in California, or  
            nearly one in three, had prediabetes, a condition that often  
            precedes type II diabetes.

          4)The key to reducing incidence of, or complications associated  
            with diabetes, is early detection, control, and proper  
            treatment which include healthy diet and exercise.   
            Traditionally, those at highest risk for diabetes included  
            older, overweight citizens who had a history of diabetes in  
            their families; however, in recent years there has been an  
            alarming increase in the growing number of younger individuals  
            being diagnosed with diabetes due to lifestyle and excessive  
            body mass.

          5)It is estimated that total health care and related costs for  
            the treatment of diabetes in California alone is around $ 24.5  
            billion each year.








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           FISCAL EFFECT  :  None

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


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