74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
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 LC 2833
 
                       House Resolution 4
 
Sponsored by Representative BRUUN; Representatives ESQUIVEL,
  FLORES, GARRARD, GELSER, GILLIAM, GIROD, GREENLICK, KOTEK,
  KRIEGER, MAURER, OLSON, RICHARDSON, ROBLAN, SCHAUFLER, WHISNANT
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Encourages early screening and aggressive treatment programs
for diabetes.
 
                        HOUSE RESOLUTION
  Whereas diabetes is a chronic disease for which there is
currently no known cure and is the sixth leading cause of death
in this country; and
  Whereas the serious long term implications of high blood sugar
levels caused by diabetes may include blindness, lower extremity
amputation, heart disease, kidney failure and premature death;
and
  Whereas in recent years the number of individuals diagnosed
with diabetes has increased 41 percent; and
  Whereas nine out of 10 adults who are newly diagnosed with
adult onset diabetes are obese; and
  Whereas this country faces a diabetes epidemic because an
estimated 20.8 million Americans are living with diabetes; and
  Whereas the keys to reducing the incidence of and complications
associated with diabetes are education, early detection, control
of blood sugar and proper treatment; and
  Whereas the first line of recommended treatment is diet,
exercise and weight loss; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
  Oregon:
  That we, the members of the House of Representatives of the
Seventy-fourth Legislative Assembly, encourage all Oregonians to
seek early screening for diabetes and encourage health care
providers to engage in aggressive programs with their diabetic
patients, including dietary counseling, instructions on proper
exercise and measurements of body weight.
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