title: Choice in the diet of people with learning difficulties.
abstract: Many adults with learning disabilities experience difficulties communicating food preferences because they may have little opportunity to do so. This article discusses how health care professionals can enable people with learning difficulties to exercise choice about food and how those choices can be recognised.
authors.affiliation: Byron House, Newark Hospital, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Goodman
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Keeton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003142:Communication; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000451:nursing; D008297:Male; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000379:methods*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction