TITLE: Recognizing February 1, 2013, as National Wear Red Day, which supports the fight against heart disease in women.

SUMMARY: Recognizing February 1, 2013, as National Wear Red Day, which supports the fight against heart disease in women.

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WHEREAS, For a decade, the American Heart Association's Go Red For Women program has been educating citizens on the real risks of cardiovascular diseases; and WHEREAS, While only 20 percent of American women consider cardiovascular disease their greatest health risk, heart disease remains the number one cause of death for women, claiming more lives than all forms of cancer combined; and WHEREAS, An estimated 43 million women in the United States are affected by cardiovascular diseases; although progress has been made in recent years, women still make up only 24 percent of participants in heart-related studies, while more women than men have died each year from heart disease since 1984; and WHEREAS, The American Heart Association has designated February as American Heart Month, and as part of the effort to raise awareness about heart disease and stroke, the Go Red For Women campaign works to change the perception that heart disease occurs only in men; moreover, the campaign encourages women to talk to their health care providers about their risk factors and to make simple changes to their lifestyle by using such tools as the association's BetterU nutrition and fitness program; and WHEREAS, Go Red For Women serves as a powerful reminder that by taking charge of their heart health women can live stronger, longer lives; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby recognize February 1, 2013, as National Wear Red Day and encourage all Texans to show their support for women and the fight against heart disease by wearing the color red. Howard Harless Sheffield of Coryell Collier King of Taylor Patrick Rose Stephenson Straus M. Gonzalez of El Paso Oliveira Allen N. Gonzalez of El Paso Orr Alonzo Gooden Otto Alvarado Guerra Paddie Anchia Guillen Parker Anderson Gutierrez Patrick Ashby Harless Perez Aycock Harper-Brown Perry Bell Hernandez Luna Phillips Bohac Herrero Pickett Bonnen of Brazoria Hilderbran Pitts Bonnen of Galveston Howard Price Branch Huberty Raney Burkett Hughes Ratliff Burnam Hunter Raymond Button Isaac Reynolds Callegari Johnson Riddle Canales Kacal Ritter Capriglione Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Carter King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Travis Clardy King of Parker Rose Coleman King of Taylor Sanford Collier King of Zavala Schaefer Cook Kleinschmidt Sheets Cortez Klick Sheffield of Bell Craddick Kolkhorst Sheffield of Coryell Creighton Krause Simmons Crownover Kuempel Simpson Dale Larson Smith Darby Laubenberg Smithee Davis of Dallas Lavender Springer J. Davis of Harris Leach Stephenson S. Davis of Harris Lewis Stickland Deshotel Longoria Strama Dukes Lozano Taylor Dutton Lucio III Thompson of Brazoria Eiland Marquez Thompson of Harris Elkins Martinez Toth Fallon Martinez Fischer Turner of Collin Farias McClendon Turner of Harris Farney Menendez Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles Villalba Fletcher Miller of Comal Villarreal Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White Geren Munoz, Jr. Workman Giddings Murphy Wu Goldman Naishtat Zedler Gonzales Nevarez Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 150 was adopted by the House on January 30, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House