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4	4	STSESSION H. RES. 185
5	5	Recognizing the need of Congress to prevent, address, and treat obesity
6	6	as a disease in the United States on this World Obesity Day, March
7	7	4, 2025.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	MARCH4, 2025
10	10	Mrs. C
11	11	HERFILUS-MCCORMICK(for herself and Ms. MOOREof Wisconsin) sub-
12	12	mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
13	13	Energy and Commerce
14	14	RESOLUTION
15	15	Recognizing the need of Congress to prevent, address, and
16	16	treat obesity as a disease in the United States on this
17	17	World Obesity Day, March 4, 2025.
18	18	Whereas obesity is a complex and multifactorial condition
19	19	caused by genetic, environmental, behavioral, and other
20	20	social determinants of health affecting both children and
21	21	adults;
22	22	Whereas obesity has reached epidemic proportions globally,
23	23	contributing to a myriad of health issues and impacting
24	24	the well-being of individuals;
25	25	Whereas obesity is associated with an increased risk of devel-
26	26	oping coronary artery disease, hypertension, high LDL
27	27	cholesterol, low LDL cholesterol, dyslipidemia, type 2 di-
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31	31	abetes, chronic kidney disease, stroke, gallbladder dis-
32	32	ease, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea, cancer, mental illness,
33	33	body pain, dementia, asthma, and over 200 others and
34	34	other types of neurodivergent diseases, respiratory tract
35	35	infections, and infertility and loss of pregnancy for
36	36	women;
37	37	Whereas the costs come from treating obesity and its associ-
38	38	ated comorbidities are increasing, it is estimated that the
39	39	annual medical cost of obesity was nearly $173 billion
40	40	dollars in 2019, while medical costs were found to be
41	41	$1,861 higher for those with obesity compared to pa-
42	42	tients at a normal weight;
43	43	Whereas the United States Government spends approximately
44	44	$283 billion on obesity-related direct health costs in
45	45	2023, rising to $526.5 billion by 2033;
46	46	Whereas the indirect costs of obesity on the economy are the
47	47	productivity costs included and presenteeism, as well as
48	48	premature mortality, loss of quality adjusted life years,
49	49	and higher rates of disability benefit payments;
50	50	Whereas obesity continues to have a strong impact on the
51	51	global economy, the total costs of obesity are estimated
52	52	to range from 0.05 percent to 2.24 percent of a country’s
53	53	gross domestic product, and the World Obesity Federa-
54	54	tion estimates that the global economic impact of obesity
55	55	will surpass $4 trillion by 2035;
56	56	Whereas researchers have estimated that by 2030, if obesity
57	57	trends continue unchecked, obesity-related medical costs
58	58	alone could rise by $48 to $66 billion a year in the
59	59	United States;
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63	63	Whereas obesity-related conditions are among the leading
64	64	causes of preventable and premature death in the United
65	65	States;
66	66	Whereas over 42 percent of adults in the United States and
67	67	over 19 percent of children and adolescents in the United
68	68	States are considered obese according to the Centers for
69	69	Disease Control and Prevention;
70	70	Whereas Black-American adults have the highest rates of
71	71	obesity at 49.9 percent followed by American Indian and
72	72	Alaska Native adults at 48 percent, Hispanic and Latino
73	73	Americans at 45.6 percent, White-American adults at
74	74	41.4 percent, and Asian-American adults at 16.1 percent;
75	75	Whereas children living in families with low incomes are 2.31
76	76	times more likely to develop childhood obesity compared
77	77	to children living in higher income households;
78	78	Whereas rural populations are significantly more likely to be
79	79	obese than people living in urban counties; and
80	80	Whereas individuals with obesity often face stigma, discrimi-
81	81	nation, and coverage barriers: Now, therefore, be it
82	82	Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1
83	83	(1) supports the urgent need to prevent, treat, 2
84	84	and address obesity as a disease on this World Obe-3
85	85	sity Day; 4
86	86	(2) recognizes the need to categorize obesity as 5
87	87	a disease to reduce the risk of other diseases and re-6
88	88	lated comorbidities. 7
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92	92	(3) understands that genetic, environmental, 1
93	93	behavioral factors, and the social determinants of 2
94	94	health contribute to obesity; and 3
95	95	(4) encourages health care providers and re-4
96	96	searchers to develop evidence-based strategies for 5
97	97	the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of obesity. 6
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