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Scientists at University of Edinburgh publish research in obesity in adolescents

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, October 19th, 2009

A report, 'High prevalence of obesity in ambulatory children and adolescents with intellectual disability,' is newly published data in Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. "Obesity prevalence is unusually high among adults with intellectual disability (ID). There is limited and conflicting evidence on obesity prevalence among ambulatory children and adolescents with ID," scientists in Scotland report.

"The present study aimed to estimate obesity prevalence in this group and to compare with population prevalence. Survey of nine schools (n=206, 150 boys) for ambulatory children and adolescents with mild-moderate ID in Scotland in 2007. Obesity was defined...

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