title: Prevalence of overweight in adolescents with intellectual deficiency. Differences in socio-educative context, physical activity and dietary habits.
abstract: The study investigates the prevalence of overweight and obesity in a population of intellectually disabled (ID) adolescents. An observational study was conducted on a group of 410 ID children, living in France. Overweight and obesity, defined according to international standards, were analyzed and related to demographic and sociological parameters, educational care, physical activity and dietary habits. The study highlighted a high prevalence of overweight and obesity (19.0%) in ID adolescents and 22.5% in oldest teenagers, age 15-20 y. This observation was more likely in medico-educative institutes (25.1%) than in general schools (12.3%). Average time spent in physical activity was 4.5 h/week, compared with 3.5 h/week in obese subjects. Time spent in sedentary behavior was 26.6 h/week for the whole population, compared with 18.6 h/week in obese adolescents. Meals were ingested regularly, and adherence to eating breakfast was good. However, snacks and soft drinks were consumed between and during meals by 66.5% of subjects. Overweight in young ID appeared to be related to parental overweight. Even though ID adolescents receive a balanced diet and practice sport regularly, they exhibit a high prevalence for overweight and obesity. In subjects more than 15 years of age, enrollment in medico-educative institutes and parental overweight were contributory factors to poor weight status.
authors.affiliation: ER3S EA 4110 - PRES Lille Nord de France - Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale - 220, rue de l'Université, F-59140 Dunkerque, France. jacques.mikulovic@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mikulovic
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marcellini
authors.forename: Roy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Compte
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Duchateau
authors.forename: Jérémy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vanhelst
authors.forename: Paul S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Fardy
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bui-Xuan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D002253:Carbonated Beverages; D002648:Child; D004034:Diet Surveys; D004435:Eating; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D057185:Sedentary Behavior; D012923:Social Class; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult