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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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S E N A T 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: Senators Ruggerio, Goodwin, Gallo, Lynch Prata, and Lombardi

     Date Introduced: March 07, 2017

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

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

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

how to live with a kidney disease; and

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

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

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

healthy; and

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

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

campaign theme; and

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

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

disease; and

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

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

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

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

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

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

costs; and

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

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

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

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

poor quality of life; and

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

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

behaviors an affordable option; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby proclaims March 9, 2017, to be "World Kidney Day" in the State of Rhode Island. We

urge and encourage all the citizens of the state to learn about healthy choices to prevent kidney

disease; and be it further

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

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

Department of Health, and The National Kidney Foundation.

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