Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Down's syndrome and other mentally handicapped adults living in the community

J Intellect Disabil Res. 1992 Aug:36 ( Pt 4):359-64. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1992.tb00534.x.

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.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Body Mass Index
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Down Syndrome / complications
  • Down Syndrome / epidemiology*
  • Down Syndrome / psychology
  • England / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Intellectual Disability / complications
  • Intellectual Disability / epidemiology*
  • Intellectual Disability / psychology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Obesity / complications
  • Obesity / epidemiology*
  • Obesity / psychology
  • Social Environment*