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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

PROCLAIMING MARCH 9, 2017, TO BE "WORLD KIDNEY DAY" IN THE STATE OF

RHODE ISLAND

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Corvese, Azzinaro, Winfield, O'Brien, and Edwards

     Date Introduced: March 09, 2017

     Referred To: House read and passed

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     WHEREAS, World Kidney Day is a global awareness campaign aimed at raising

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awareness of the importance of our kidneys, and about preventive behaviors, risk factors, and

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how to live with a kidney disease; and

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     WHEREAS, About the size of one's fist, the kidneys are complicated and amazing organs

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that remove toxins and excess water from our blood and help to regulate blood pressure by

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controlling the salt and water in the body, in order to produce red blood cells and keep bones

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healthy; and

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     WHEREAS, World Kidney Day was first started in 2006 and has grown in both

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participation and scope ever since and each year, World Kidney Day highlights a different

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campaign theme; and

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     WHEREAS, The focus of this year's World Kidney Day is obesity and the ways in which

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we can promote education about its harmful consequences and its association with kidney

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disease; and

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     WHEREAS, Obesity is defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may

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impair health. In 2014, over 600 million adults were considered obese worldwide, and by 2025,

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obesity will affect 18 percent of men and over 21 percent of women worldwide, and severe

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obesity will affect 6 percent of all men and 9 percent of all women; and

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     WHEREAS, In some nations, obesity is already present in more than one-third of the

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adult population and contributes significantly to overall poor health and high annual medical

 

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costs; and

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     WHEREAS, Kidney disease is more likely to develop in obese people including in those

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with diabetes and hypertension. In addition, obesity increases the risk of death and contributes to

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many other diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, obstructive

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sleep apnea, fatty liver, gall bladder disease, osteoarthritis, various cancers, mental disorders, and

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poor quality of life; and

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     WHEREAS World Kidney Day is an event that provides the opportunity to advocate for

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healthy lifestyle choices, and to promote health policy measures that will make preventive

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behaviors an affordable option; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

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Providence Plantations hereby proclaims March 9, 2017, to be "World Kidney Day" in the State

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of Rhode Island. We urge and encourage all the citizens of the state to learn about healthy choices

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to prevent kidney disease; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Director Nicole Alexander-Scott, Rhode Island

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Department of Health, and The National Kidney Foundation.

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