Nutrition and adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities: systematic literature review results.

Kathleen Humphries, Meg Ann Traci, Tom Seekins

Journal: Intellectual and developmental disabilities 2009;47(3):163-85

PMID: 19489663

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Abstract

Approximately 4.5 million Americans have an intellectual or developmental disability. Concern is increasing about these individuals' nutrition-related behavior and its implications for their health. This article reports on a systematic search of the current literature listed in the PsycINFO and PubMed databases related to nutritional status of adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities. The authors used key terms for nutrition, secondary conditions, and intellectual and developmental disability and categorized literature pertaining to nutrition-related studies of adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities as follows: dietary intake studies, anthropometric assessments of nutritional risks, biochemical indexes, and clinical evaluations.

Address: University of Montana Rural Institute on Disabilities, Research Unit, Missoula, MT, USA. [email protected]

DOI: 10.1352/1934-9556-47.3.163

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MeSH Terms: Adult, Anthropometry, Cross-Sectional Studies, Deficiency Diseases, Persons with Disabilities, Humans, Malnutrition, Nutrition Assessment, Nutrition Surveys, Obesity, Overweight, Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, Risk Factors, Thinness, United States