Full Text of SR0438 93rd General Assembly
SR0438 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Pursuant to House Resolution 147, the Department | 3 |
| of Public Health, in conjunction with the State Board of | 4 |
| Education, has conducted a sugar consumption study to determine | 5 |
| the effect of sugar consumption on the overall health of school | 6 |
| children; and
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| WHEREAS, The January 2004 study, which reviewed the | 8 |
| literature on the relationships between increased sugar | 9 |
| consumption in children's diets and health outcomes, found no | 10 |
| clear, direct link between cavities and modest school-age | 11 |
| consumption of sugared soft drinks; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, As a result of such lack of data, the Department | 13 |
| of Public Health is currently conducting a statewide survey to | 14 |
| collect current cavities' data; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, The study has found that an inactive lifestyle and | 16 |
| sedentary behavior is troubling and has a deleterious effect on | 17 |
| childhood obesity and its health-related consequences; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, the Department of Public Health's report on sugar | 19 |
| consumption stated a suggestion to "create a Nutritional | 20 |
| Advisory Committee to recommend state-wide school standards | 21 |
| for nutrition including formulating a state-wide policy on | 22 |
| vending machines in all schools"; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 24 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we recommend the | 25 |
| creation of the Nutrition Advisory Committee, to be made up of | 26 |
| 15 members as follows: the President of the Senate or designee, | 27 |
| the Minority Leader of the Senate or designee, the Speaker of | 28 |
| the House or designee, the Minority Leader of the House or | 29 |
| designee, the Director of Public Health or designee, and the | 30 |
| State Superintendent of Education or designee; and the |
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| following appointed by the Governor: 2 representatives of the | 2 |
| soft drink industry, 2 representatives of the non-beverage | 3 |
| snack food industry, one representative of the Illinois State | 4 |
| Dental Society, one licensed dietician who works with | 5 |
| school-age children, one physical education instructor who | 6 |
| works with school-age children, one representative of the | 7 |
| Illinois Coaches Association, and one member of the Illinois | 8 |
| Association of School Boards; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That Committee members shall serve without | 10 |
| compensation but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and | 11 |
| necessary expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose, | 12 |
| that the Committee shall meet initially at the joint call of | 13 |
| the 4 legislative leaders, that the Committee shall select one | 14 |
| member as chairperson at its initial meeting and thereafter | 15 |
| meet at the call of the chairperson, that the Committee shall | 16 |
| receive the assistance of staff of the Department of Public | 17 |
| Health, and that the Committee shall report its findings and | 18 |
| recommendations concerning school standards for nutrition to | 19 |
| the General Assembly on or before September 1, 2005; and be it | 20 |
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 22 |
| delivered to the Speaker of the House, the Minority Leader of | 23 |
| the House, the Director of Public Health, the State | 24 |
| Superintendent of Education, and the Governor.
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