[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 19083]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    TRIBUTE TO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER IN OAKLAND, 
                               CALIFORNIA

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                            HON. BARBARA LEE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 22, 2004

  Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I am grateful for the opportunity today to pay 
tribute to the Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland for its 
outstanding research in the area of childhood obesity--a growing 
epidemic among children--as well as for the superior care it provides 
its young hospital patients.
  A biomedical center of international renown, the Children's Hospital 
& Research Center at Oakland is Northern California's premier resource 
for children's health and has been a center of excellence in pediatric 
healthcare, research, child advocacy, and medical training since 1912.
  The Children's Hospital houses the Bay area's only pediatric 
Emergency Unit--treating over 54,000 young patients a year, Northern 
California's only Pediatric Trauma Center--treating more than 6,000 
critically injured children a year, as well as California's busiest 
pediatric Intensive Care Unit. In its dedication to address the 
epidemic of childhood obesity, the Children's Hospital offers weight 
and nutritional programs for children and their families to help 
promote healthy habits. The Hospital's new ``Healthy Eating, Active 
Living'' Clinic provides nutritional and physical training as well as 
counseling services for overweight children.
  Researchers at the Hospital and Research Center have pioneered 
advances in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of childhood 
obesity. In the Research Center, over 300 basic and clinical 
investigators come together in an environment that fosters 
collaboration and an exchange of ideas for saving and improving lives.
  I ask my colleagues in the House of Representatives/Senate to join me 
in paying tribute to the Children's Hospital & Research Center at 
Oakland for the excellent care it provides its young patients as well 
as for the outstanding strides it has made in the research of childhood 
obesity.

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