Title: A resolution designating the week of September 23 through September 27, 2019, as "Malnutrition Awareness Week".
Policy area: Health

Summary:
This resolution (1) designates Malnutrition Awareness Week, (2) recognizes the work of nutrition professionals and others in advancing awareness and prevention of malnutrition, and (3) recognizes the importance of federal nutrition programs in preventing and treating malnutrition and the need to reauthorize certain programs to provide nutrition assistance to vulnerable populations.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 338 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 338

  Designating the week of September 23 through September 27, 2019, as 
                    ``Malnutrition Awareness Week''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 25, 2019

  Mr. Murphy (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
Blumenthal, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Coons, Ms. Hassan, Mr. King, Mr. Roberts, 
 Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Lankford, and Mr. Wyden) submitted the following 
    resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Designating the week of September 23 through September 27, 2019, as 
                    ``Malnutrition Awareness Week''.

Whereas malnutrition is the condition that occurs when a person does not get 
        enough nutrients;
Whereas malnutrition is a significant problem in the United States and around 
        the world, crossing all age, racial, class, gender, and geographic 
        lines;
Whereas, in the United States, infants, older adults, people with chronic 
        diseases, and other vulnerable populations are particularly at risk for 
        malnutrition;
Whereas disease-associated malnutrition costs the United States more than 
        $15,500,000,000 each year;
Whereas approximately \3/4\ of individuals in the United States have eating 
        patterns of vegetables, fruits, dairy, and oils that are below the 
        recommended dietary guidelines;
Whereas many vulnerable individuals in the United States do not get the daily 
        recommended amount of lean proteins;
Whereas approximately 6,000,000 children in the United States live in food 
        insecure homes;
Whereas the American Academy of Pediatrics has found that failure to provide key 
        nutrients during early childhood may result in lifelong deficits in 
        brain function;
Whereas disease-associated malnutrition affects between 30 and 50 percent of 
        patients admitted to hospitals;
Whereas the medical costs of hospitalized patients with malnutrition can be 300 
        percent more than the medical costs of properly nourished patients;
Whereas more than \1/2\ of older adults living in the community are at risk for 
        malnutrition; and
Whereas the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition created 
        Malnutrition Awareness Week to raise awareness and promote prevention of 
        malnutrition: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates the week of September 23 through September 
        27, 2019, as ``Malnutrition Awareness Week'';
            (2) recognizes registered dietitian nutritionists and other 
        nutrition professionals, health care providers, social workers, 
        advocates, caregivers, and other professionals and agencies for 
        their efforts to advance awareness and prevention of 
        malnutrition;
            (3) recognizes the importance of existing Federal nutrition 
        programs for their role in combatting malnutrition and supports 
        continuing resources to prevent and treat malnutrition; and
            (4) recognizes the need to reauthorize the special 
        supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children 
        established by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
        (42 U.S.C. 1786) and the child nutrition programs of the 
        Department of Agriculture to provide critical nutrition 
        assistance to vulnerable populations.
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