National Diabetes MonthCity of Clermont
~'atio.~ur.~ Dia~ete~ ~~~i ~n~~c~a~s:at~o.~
WHEREAS, more than 14 million Americans have diabetes, an incurable
disease that impairs the body's ability to convert food sugar into energy; and
WHEREAS, diabetes is the fourth leading cause of death by disease in the
United States; and
WHEREAS, in this year alone, more than 750,000 Americans will contract the
disease and 150,000 will die from it, including a disproportionate number of
Hispanics, Black Americans, and Native Americans; and
WHEREAS, people whose diabetes goes undiagnosed and untreated are subject
to any of its serious complications, such as blindness, heart disease, kidney disease,
stroke, and leg or foot amputations; and
WHEREAS, an increase in community awareness of diabetes, its human
impact, and the American Diabetes Association, may stimulate public action in
increasing research toward a cure, and spur individual awareness about who is
susceptible to diabetes before they are confronted with one of its complications;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that I Robert A. Pool by virtue of
the authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of Clermont in the State of Florida do
hereby proclaim the month of November to be
?Zallnual D(afielec ?Jloxr!
in the City of Clermont, and ask that every citizen participate in efforts that support
research to end diabetes and improve the lives of all those who have this disease.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal
of the City of Clermont to be affixed at Clermont this 27th day of October, 1992.
~~
ROBERT A. P L, MAYOR --
•
SEAL
ATTEST:
s Zile, C' Cle k