Intellectual Disability, Childhood Overweight and Obesity - Crimson Publishers
Intellectual Disability, Childhood Overweight and Obesity by Ray Marks* in Degenerative Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
Exercise, a vital health-promoting activity, regardless of health
status, is often recommended for helping to prevent or reduce the onset
and progression of obesity, a major global health concern. Yet, even
though youth with disabilities may be at a high risk for obesity, little
effort seems to be applied towards encouraging the use exercise among
youth with intellectual or developmental disabilities. This brief
attempts to explain why obesity prevention is needed and how to promote
this among this special needs group of youth, where participating in
physical activity and sustaining this is very challenging.
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