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Recognizing the problem of malnutrition and its | 1 |
impact on health outcomes. | 2 |
WHEREAS, A significant percentage of hospital patients are | 3 |
malnourished upon admission; and | 4 |
WHEREAS, Leading health and nutrition experts agree that | 5 |
nutrition status is a direct measure of patient health; and | 6 |
WHEREAS, Good nutrition and good patient health can keep | 7 |
people healthy and out of institutionalized health care | 8 |
facilities, thus reducing health care costs; and | 9 |
WHEREAS, Scientific research demonstrates that good nutrition | 10 |
beginning before birth and extending throughout childhood is | 11 |
critical to healthy growth and development; and | 12 |
WHEREAS, Malnutrition is particularly prevalent in vulnerable | 13 |
populations, such as older adults, hospitalized patients, | 14 |
minorities, the poor, and children; and | 15 |
WHEREAS, Access to nutritious food is critical in restoring | 16 |
and maintaining lean body mass, which improves clinical outcomes, | 17 |
reduces health care costs, and keeps people and their communities | 18 |
healthy; now therefore be it | 19 |
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the House of | 20 |
Representatives of the 130th General Assembly of the State of | 21 |
Ohio, in adopting this resolution, recognize the complex problem | 22 |
of malnutrition and its impact on health outcomes; and be it | 23 |
further | 24 |
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives | 25 |
transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the | 26 |
Governor and the news media of Ohio. | 27 |