Full Text of SR0465 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Heart disease is the leading cause of death for | 3 | | both men and women; according to the Centers for Disease | 4 | | Control and Prevention, one in every four deaths each
year is | 5 | | due to heart disease; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Risk factors for heart disease include diabetes, | 7 | | high blood pressure, excess body fat, high LDL
cholesterol, and | 8 | | smoking; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, According to
National Vital Statistics Data, | 10 | | South Asian American communities in the United States have four | 11 | | times the risk of heart disease than the
general population and | 12 | | a much greater chance of having a heart attack before age 50; | 13 | | and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, In addition, diabetes is one of the most serious | 15 | | driving forces for heart disease; South Asian Americans in the
| 16 | | United States have among the highest rates of Type 2 diabetes | 17 | | in the nation; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, The Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians | 19 | | Living in America (MASALA) multi-ethnic
study showed a 26 | 20 | | percent prevalence of diabetes among South Asian Americans, | 21 | | compared to six percent among Caucasians,
18 percent among |
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| 1 | | African Americans, 17 percent among Latinos, and 13 percent | 2 | | among Chinese -Americans; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, In spite of a diet consisting of lentils, | 4 | | vegetables, grains, and spices, the suboptimal nutritional | 5 | | elements of refined carbohydrates, refined fats, salt, and | 6 | | sugar negate any nutritional advantage gained through a | 7 | | traditional South Asian diet; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Early intervention and treatment through | 9 | | awareness campaigns, nutritional education, and
instruction on | 10 | | physical activity can greatly reduce the burden of diabetes, | 11 | | the risk of heart disease, decreased quality
of life, and | 12 | | untimely death; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Successful efforts to prevent and combat heart | 14 | | disease in the South Asian American population of the United
| 15 | | States can serve as a model for the general population; | 16 | | therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that in an effort to reduce | 19 | | the high risk for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and stroke | 20 | | for the South Asian American community in our State, we declare | 21 | | May 31, 2019 as South Asian American Health Awareness Day.
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