HomeMy WebLinkAbout19-041RESOLUTION NO. 19-041
A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MARCH 26, 2019 AS "DIABETES ALERT DAY"
IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, has made the
following determinations:
1. Diabetes affects 30.3 million American people across all ages, races, and economic classes
and is a serious disease with no known cure, is the fifth deadliest disease in the United States and
1 in 4 adults is unaware they have the disease. Complications from diabetes can lead to heart
disease, stroke, kidney disease, renal failure, blindness, and loss of limbs caused by nerve damage.
2. Gestational diabetes, can develop in pregnant women, create complications during
pregnancy, and increase chances of developing type 2 diabetes later in life for both mothers and
their children. More young people today are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes than ever before and
unless we act, approximately one-third of all children born since the turn of the century will suffer
from diabetes during their lifetimes.
3. Prediabetes puts people at greater risk for developing type 2 diabetes and nearly one in
three has pre -diabetes but nine out of 10 of those don't know they have it. People with type 2
diabetes can manage their disease by following a healthy meal plan, increasing physical activity,
taking prescribed medications, and quitting smoking. Those with prediabetes who lose weight
through healthy eating and regular physical activity can help prevent or delay onset.
4. An increase in community awareness of risk factors and symptoms related to diabetes can
lead to early diagnosis and improve the likelihood that people with diabetes will get the attention
they need before suffering the devastating complications for the disease.
5. The Restoring the Village Initiative is holding its Diabetes Awareness 5K Run/Walk on March
23, 2019 to support Diabetes Awareness Alert Day.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie
County, Florida:
1. This Board does hereby proclaim March 26, 2019, as"DIABETES ALERT DAY" in St. Lucie
County, Florida - a day to sound the alarm about the prevalence of type 2 diabetes by asking
everyone to take the Type 2 Diabetes Risk Test available from the American Diabetes Association
online at www.diabetes.org or by calling 1 888 DIABETES.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 19`h day of March 2019.
ATTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
BY:
CHAIR