TITLE: Recognizing February 6, 2015, as National Wear Red Day.

SUMMARY: Recognizing February 6, 2015, as National Wear Red Day.

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WHEREAS, Heart disease ranks as the number one killer of women, but 80 percent of cardiac events can be prevented; and WHEREAS, An estimated 44 million women in the United States are affected by cardiovascular diseases, which kill one woman almost every minute and represent a third of female deaths each year; and WHEREAS, Although 90 percent of women have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease, only one in five realizes that heart disease is her greatest health threat; women are less likely to call 9-1-1 for themselves when experiencing symptoms of a heart attack than they are to seek assistance for someone else in the same situation; and WHEREAS, Since 1984, more women than men have died each year from heart disease; nevertheless, women are underrepresented in scientific research, comprising just 24 percent of participants in all heart-related studies; and WHEREAS, The American Heart Association established the Go Red For Women campaign and National Wear Red Day to promote measures that can reduce heart disease; the organization urges women to maintain a healthy diet, exercise, stop smoking, and get their blood pressure and cholesterol checked; in addition, it reminds them to teach their children the importance of staying active and eating sensibly; and WHEREAS, By dressing in red on National Wear Red Day, citizens can raise awareness of heart disease, help others learn to reduce their risk, and demonstrate support for more research and education concerning heart disease and women; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That February 6, 2015, be recognized as National Wear Red Day and that all Texans be encouraged to participate in this important observance. Harless Howard Crownover Laubenberg Giddings Hernandez Israel King of Taylor Koop Morrison Straus Guerra Otto Allen Guillen Paddie Alonzo Gutierrez Parker Alvarado Harless Paul Anchia Hernandez Pe a Anderson of Dallas Herrero Phelan Anderson of McLennan Howard Phillips Ashby Huberty Pickett Aycock Hughes Price Bell Hunter Raney Blanco Isaac Raymond Bohac Israel Reynolds Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Riddle Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rinaldi Burkett Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Burns Keough Rodriguez of Travis Burrows King of Hemphill Romero, Jr. Button King of Parker Rose Canales King of Taylor Sanford Capriglione King of Uvalde Schaefer Clardy Klick Schofield Coleman Koop Shaheen Collier Krause Sheets Cook Kuempel Sheffield Craddick Landgraf Simmons Crownover Larson Simpson Dale Laubenberg Smith Darby Leach Smithee Davis of Dallas Longoria Spitzer Davis of Harris Lozano Springer Deshotel Lucio III Stephenson Dukes M rquez Stickland Dutton Martinez Thompson of Brazoria Elkins Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris Faircloth McClendon Tinderholt Fallon Men ndez Turner of Collin Farias Metcalf Turner of Harris Farney Meyer Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles VanDeaver Fletcher Miller of Comal Villalba Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White of Bell Galindo Mu oz, Jr. White of Tyler Geren Murphy Workman Giddings Murr Wray Goldman Naishtat Wu Gonzales Nev rez Zedler Gonz lez Oliveira Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 163 was adopted by the House on February 4, 2015, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House