H.C.R. No. 18 Summary

• Endorses the "Screen at 23" campaign to increase diabetes screening awareness among Asian Americans using a BMI threshold of 23 kg/m² instead of the standard 25 kg/m².

• Approximately 103,800 Asian Americans in Ohio are expected to have diabetes or prediabetes by 2025, with Asian Americans 30% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than Caucasian Americans.

• Lowering the screening BMI to 23 kg/m² would detect over 4,000 additional diabetes cases and thousands more prediabetes cases in Ohio, particularly among those under 45 years old.

• Recommends the Ohio Department of Health actively encourage all public and private health care providers and facilities to participate in the Screen at 23 campaign efforts.

• Ohio would become the sixth state to formally recognize and recommend screening of adult Asian Americans for type 2 diabetes at a BMI of 23 kg/m², joining California, Hawaii, Washington, Illinois, and Massachusetts.