Prevalence of overweight in adolescents with intellectual deficiency. Differences in socio-educative context, physical activity and dietary habits

Mikulovic, Jacques; Marcellini, Anne; Compte, Roy; Duchateau, Guillaume; Vanhelst, Jérémy; Fardy, Paul S.; Bui-Xuân, Gilles

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2010.12.006

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“…A study using adolescents (Mikulovic et al . ) also reported that those with ID had higher rates of overweight and obesity than their non‐disabled peers.…”

Section: Prevalence Rates Of Overweight and Obesity In Youth With Dismentioning

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Overweight and obesity in youth with developmental disabilities: a call to action

Grondhuis

Aman

2013

J intellect Disabil Res

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Elevated weight status has become a leading problem for adults and children around the world, regardless of the presence or lack of disability. Youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities are more vulnerable than the typical population to overweight in recent decades, and these individuals often experience overweight and obesity at higher rates than their typically developing peers. Young people with disabilities have many circumstances, beyond those of typically developing children, which increase their risk for greater body mass. These include greater medication use, having syndromes with obesity as an associated symptom, and possessing altered eating habits related to their disability. We discuss obesity-related health risks, possible weight management options, recommendations for weight maintenance or loss, and future research. Although most professionals who work with youth having developmental disabilities do not have great expertise in nutrition and weight management, we must collectively recognise the importance of weight issues for quality of life of these individuals and work with them in maintaining healthy lifestyles. Intervention options, both for caregivers and for health professionals, are discussed.

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“…A study using adolescents (Mikulovic et al . ) also reported that those with ID had higher rates of overweight and obesity than their non‐disabled peers.…”

Section: Prevalence Rates Of Overweight and Obesity In Youth With Dismentioning

confidence: 93%

Overweight and obesity in youth with developmental disabilities: a call to action

Grondhuis

Aman

2013

J intellect Disabil Res

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“…To our understanding, considerable attention had been given to the younger population as this disability originates before the age of 18. Researchers from around the world have reported that the prevalence of obesity in children with intellectual disability varies from 3% to 37% (Begarie, Maiano, Leconte, & Ninot, 2013;Lin, Yen, Li, & Wu, 2005;Mikulovic et al, 2011;Rimmer, Yamaki, Davis, Wang, & Vogel, 2011;Stewart et al, 2009) and that the prevalence is at least as high if not higher than their typically developing peers (Bandini, Curtin, Hamad, Tybor, & Must, 2005;Chen, Kim, Houtrow, & Newacheck, 2009;Curtin, Anderson, Must, & Bandini, 2010;Must et al, 2014). With the population of individuals with intellectual disability ageing; there is a dire need to study the adult population.…”

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Prevalence and potential factors associated with overweight and obesity status in adults with intellectual developmental disorders

Ranjan

Nasser

Fisher

2017

Research Intellect Disabil

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Background:The prevalence of being overweight and obese is increasing not just in the general population but also in individuals with intellectual disability (ID). Therefore, a need to identify factors contributing to overweight/obesity arises as this population is escalating. Materials and Methods:This narrative review article summarizes pertinent research focusing on prevalence and the potential factors associated with overweight and obesity in adults with intellectual disability during the past decade.Results: Prevalence of being overweight and obese among adults with intellectual disability is reportedly 28%-71% and 17%-43%, respectively. Factors increasing the susceptibility of being overweight or obese have been identified as female gender, increasing age, having a certain diagnosis, mild intellectual disability, as well as living independently/with family, consuming certain prescription medications, and non-participation in physical activities. Conclusion:Identification of the potential risk factors associated with being overweight and obese in this population will help tackle the challenges faced by this growing adult population with intellectual disability. K E Y W O R D Sintellectual disability, obesity, overweight, potential factors, prevalence | INTRODUCTIONDuring the past decades, life expectancy of the people with intellectual disabilities (IDs) has increased considerably and follows similar increasing trends to those found in the general population except for those with Down syndrome or epilepsy and or severe and multiple disabilities (Coppus, 2013;Hosking et al., 2016;Patja, Iivanainen, Vesala, Oksanen, & Ruoppila, 2000). Data from the United Kingdom, however, report significantly higher mortality among individuals with intellectual disability compared to the general population; the median age at death of male and female individuals with intellectual disability being 65 and 63 years, respectively compared to 78 and 83 years in the general population (Heslop et al., 2014;Hosking et al., 2016).Most common causes of death among individuals with intellectual disability are reportedly cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases and neoplasms (Janicki et al., 2002;Patja, Molsa, & Iivanainen, 2001).In their large 35-year follow-up research, Patja et al. (2001) showed that the disease mortality pattern was high up to 40 years of age, but did not increase after that indicating that older people with intellectual disability had a similar mortality pattern to the general population.Health care professionals are therefore posed with new challenges, as lack of good-quality health care is reportedly an important contributory factor to mortality among this population (Heslop et al., 2014;Hosking et al., 2016).With more than one-third of adults (36.9% men & 38.0% women) in the world being overweight or obese (Ng et al., 2014), it is logical to believe that there is a rise or similar increasing trend in the prevalence of being overweight and obese in adults with intellectual disability. Data on US population...

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“…Internationally, a study in France of 87 adolescents with ID found that 25.3% were overweight or obese [11]. Another study of 410 French adolescents with ID found a lower prevalence of 19% combined overweight and obesity, which was nevertheless higher than 13.6%, the cited rate in typically developing adolescents in France [12]. Obesity prevalence was 36% in a study of 206 Scottish children with mild to moderate ID, significantly greater than the general population [13].…”

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Intellectual disability is associated with increased risk for obesity in a nationally representative sample of U.S. children

Segal

Eliasziw

Phillips

et al. 2016

Disability and Health Journal

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Background Data on obesity prevalence in children with intellectual disability (ID) are scarce. Objective We estimated rates of obesity among children aged 10–17 years with and without ID in a nationally representative dataset that included measures of child weight and ID status, as well as family meal frequency, physical activity, and sedentary behavior. Methods Chi-square tests compared prevalence of obesity, demographic and behavioral characteristics between children with and without ID as reported in the 2011 National Survey of Children’s Health. Tests for interaction in logistic regression models determined whether associations between obesity and behavioral characteristics were different between children with/without ID. Results Obesity prevalence for children with ID was 28.9% and 15.5% for children without ID. After adjusting for age, sex, race/ethnicity and poverty level, the odds ratio was significantly 1.89 times greater among children with ID than among those without ID (95% CI: 1.14 to 3.12). Among children with ID, 49.8% ate at least one meal with family members every day compared to 35.0% without ID (p< 0.002), and 49.5% with ID participated in frequent physical activity compared to 62.9% (p<0.005). Prevalence of obesity was higher among all children who ate family meals every day compared to fewer days per week, and the effect was significantly more pronounced among those with ID (p=0.05). Conclusions Prevalence of obesity among youth with ID was almost double that of the general population. Prospective studies are needed in this population to examine the impact of consistent family mealtimes and infrequent physical activity.

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Prevalence of overweight in adolescents with intellectual deficiency. Differences in socio-educative context, physical activity and dietary habits

Cited by 41 publications

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Overweight and obesity in youth with developmental disabilities: a call to action

Overweight and obesity in youth with developmental disabilities: a call to action

Prevalence and potential factors associated with overweight and obesity status in adults with intellectual developmental disorders

Intellectual disability is associated with increased risk for obesity in a nationally representative sample of U.S. children

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