IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 830 
Urging health care providers to engage in a strong program to prevent, 
detect, and treat diabetes, including through the use of a treatment 
regimen that includes certain minimum clinical practice recommenda-
tions, including measurements of body weight and other associated risk 
factors. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 15, 2007 
Mrs. CHRISTENSEN (for herself, Mr. RUSH, Mr. BILBRAY, Mrs. DAVIS of Cali-
fornia, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, 
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. 
WYNN, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. TOWNS, and Mr. CLEAVER) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Urging health care providers to engage in a strong program 
to prevent, detect, and treat diabetes, including through 
the use of a treatment regimen that includes certain 
minimum clinical practice recommendations, including 
measurements of body weight and other associated risk 
factors. 
Whereas diabetes is a disease in which the body does not 
produce enough of its own insulin, a hormone needed to 
convert sugar, starches, and other food into energy; 
Whereas diabetes is a chronic disease that has no cure; 
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Whereas the serious long-term complications of high blood 
sugar levels may include blindness, lower-extremity am-
putation, heart disease, kidney failure, and premature 
death, and diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death in 
the United States; 
Whereas people with type 2 diabetes often have no imme-
diately discernible symptoms; 
Whereas the United States is facing a diabetes epidemic with 
an estimated 20,800,000 Americans living with the dis-
ease; 
Whereas according to the Agency for Healthcare Research 
and Quality, the health consequences of diabetes are 
much greater for minorities as minorities have a higher 
prevalence of diabetes resulting in higher rates of diabe-
tes-related complications and death; 
Whereas all minorities, except Alaska Natives, have a preva-
lence of type 2 diabetes that is two to six times greater 
than that of the white population; 
Whereas between 1997 and 2004 the number of cases of dia-
betes has increased over 41 percent and 9 out of 10 diag-
nosed individuals suffer from obesity; 
Whereas the keys to reducing the incidence of, and complica-
tions associated with, diabetes are education, early detec-
tion, control, and proper treatment and the earlier a per-
son is diagnosed with diabetes and receives treatment, 
the better the person’s chances are for avoiding complica-
tions associated with diabetes; 
Whereas the first line of treatment recommended by all treat-
ment standards is diet and exercise because a healthy 
diet and the loss of excess weight can have a positive im-
pact on the body’s ability to fight off disease, it has been 
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shown that modest weight loss may help to lower blood 
sugar, blood pressure, and improve the level of fats in the 
bloodstream, and modest weight loss can be beneficial to 
the treatment of diabetes and other metabolic diseases; 
Whereas traditionally those at highest risk for diabetes are 
older citizens in minority populations who have a family 
history of the disease and who are overweight, but there 
is an alarming increase in recent years in the growing 
number of younger people who are being diagnosed with 
diabetes because of factors such as lifestyle and excessive 
body mass; and 
Whereas to reduce the rate of occurrence of diabetes and its 
complications among high-risk populations, individuals 
are encouraged to seek early screening and early treat-
ment, health care workers are encouraged to improve 
care for the control of diabetes and the treatment of 
major complications associated with diabetes: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) encourages health care providers to reduce 
the rate of occurrence of diabetes and its complica-
tions by engaging in a strong program with their pa-
tients to prevent, detect, and treat the disease, in-
cluding through the use of a treatment regimen that 
includes minimum clinical practice recommendations 
published by the American Diabetes Association on 
January 1, 2007, and through the use of measure-
ments of body weight and other risk factors associ-
ated with diabetes; and 
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(2) commends health care providers in the 
United States for their commitment to countering 
the diabetes epidemic. 
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