title: Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Down's syndrome and other mentally handicapped adults living in the community.
abstract: To find out the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the mentally handicapped, 183 subjects living in the community were studied; 58 of whom had Down's syndrome. It was found that 70.58% of males and 95.83% of females with Down's syndrome, and 49.29% males and 62.96% females from other mentally handicapped subjects, were categorized as overweight and obese, compared with 40% of males and 32% females in that category from normal population.
authors.affiliation: Prudhoe Hospital, Northumberland, England.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bhate
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D012931:Social Environment