Underweight and overweight cases among the mentally retarded
ABSTRACT. The body mass index (BMI) was calculated at the age of 20 for all the 132 survivors (83%) out of the 159 mentally retarded individuals born in 1966 in Northern Finland. Reliable information was acquired for 112 cases (84.8%). The mean BMI for these cases did not deviate significantly from...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1365-2788.1991.tb01046.x 2024-06-02T08:12:01+00:00 Underweight and overweight cases among the mentally retarded SIMILA, S. NISKANEN, P. 1991 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.1991.tb01046.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2788.1991.tb01046.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2788.1991.tb01046.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Intellectual Disability Research volume 35, issue 2, page 160-164 ISSN 0964-2633 1365-2788 journal-article 1991 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.1991.tb01046.x 2024-05-03T10:54:53Z ABSTRACT. The body mass index (BMI) was calculated at the age of 20 for all the 132 survivors (83%) out of the 159 mentally retarded individuals born in 1966 in Northern Finland. Reliable information was acquired for 112 cases (84.8%). The mean BMI for these cases did not deviate significantly from that for an average Finnish population at age 20‐29 years. It was found that 41.5% of the slightly retarded cases (IQ 35‐70) and 28‐6% of the seriously retarded ones (IQ<35) were of ideal weight (BMI 20‐24), while 9‐8% of all the retarded individuals were moderately obese (BMI>30) and 7‐1% seriously so (BMIS32). Ninety‐one per cent of the seriously obese cases lived with their parents and did not participate in any occupational therapy or work. A total of 29‐5% of the mentally retarded subjects were underweight (BMI<20), a condition which would seem to be above all a problem for seriously retarded individuals and an obvious consequence of the different feeding and dietary problems connected with their multiple disabilities. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Finland Wiley Online Library Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 35 2 160 164 |
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ABSTRACT. The body mass index (BMI) was calculated at the age of 20 for all the 132 survivors (83%) out of the 159 mentally retarded individuals born in 1966 in Northern Finland. Reliable information was acquired for 112 cases (84.8%). The mean BMI for these cases did not deviate significantly from that for an average Finnish population at age 20‐29 years. It was found that 41.5% of the slightly retarded cases (IQ 35‐70) and 28‐6% of the seriously retarded ones (IQ<35) were of ideal weight (BMI 20‐24), while 9‐8% of all the retarded individuals were moderately obese (BMI>30) and 7‐1% seriously so (BMIS32). Ninety‐one per cent of the seriously obese cases lived with their parents and did not participate in any occupational therapy or work. A total of 29‐5% of the mentally retarded subjects were underweight (BMI<20), a condition which would seem to be above all a problem for seriously retarded individuals and an obvious consequence of the different feeding and dietary problems connected with their multiple disabilities. |
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