International BMI comparison of children and youth with intellectual disabilities participating in Special Olympics

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1708-1714

  Lloyd, Meghann ^a   Temple, Viviene A ^b   Foley, John T ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Intellectual disability; Obesity; Overweight; Special Olympics; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS;

EID: 84861987699     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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