Senate Resolution No. 492

BY: Senator RIVERA

MEMORIALIZING Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim
March 2025, as Nutrition Month in the State of New
York

WHEREAS, National Nutrition Month is a nutrition education and
information campaign sponsored annually by the Academy of Nutrition and
Dietetics; National Nutrition Month is held annually in March, and was
created to focus attention on the importance of making informed food
choices, developing healthful habits with food and physical activity;
and

WHEREAS, The National Nutrition Month 2025 theme is "Food Connects
Us"; and

WHEREAS, The New York State Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the
state subsidiary of the National Association, participates in National
Nutrition Month and represents more than 3,000 Registered Dietitian
Nutritionists (RDNs), Nutrition and Dietetic Technicians Registered
(NDTRs) and other food and nutrition professionals who are committed to
improving the health of New Yorkers through research, education and
delivery of health care services; and

WHEREAS, Food is the substance by which life is sustained; the type,
quality, and amount of food that individuals consume each day plays a
vital role in their overall health and physical fitness; and

WHEREAS, The New York State Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics RDN
and NDTR members actively participate in National Nutrition Month by
educating New Yorkers on developing healthy eating routines and eating a
variety of foods from all food groups; and

WHEREAS, Registered dietitian nutritionists educate the public on
cooking skills including cultural foods, traditions, and budgetary
concerns, food preparation and meal planning skills; and

WHEREAS, New Yorkers are educated by RDNs on how to utilize
community resources such as SNAP, WIC and local Food Banks; and

WHEREAS, RDNs educate New Yorkers on eating with the environment in
mind, eating more plant-based foods, buying food from local farmers as
possible and community gardens and growing food at home; and

WHEREAS, The New York State Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
encourages New Yorkers to seek advice from an RDN or seek a referral
from their doctor to an RDN for their unique dietary needs and to
receive medical nutrition therapy to help prevent and treat chronic
disease; and

WHEREAS, The New York State Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and
it's RDN's and NDTR members are advocates for advancing the nutritional
status of all New Yorkers, all Americans and people around the world;
and

RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 2025, as Nutrition
Month in the State of New York, in conjunction with the observance of
National Nutrition Month; and be further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New
York.