e ~_ ePUrtment of Speech and Language Pathology and Audiology,w ood' 0ridgeTeacherSDevek~pmentalC~ Columbiacenter,U Woodbridge,niversity" New York, New York; NtJepartments ~af Nutrition Services a~xd -Speech Therapies ~-aersey, USA &h~ttaet. We report on a study of the relationships between swallowing adequacy in institutionalized, severely and profoundly retarded subjects and selected nutritional status and nutritional risk factors. Dysphagic persons differed from nondysphagic persons with respect to an index of body mass, need for therapet~tic diets, and frequency of selected illnesses and disorders. There were no differences in serum iron and protein levels or intake ft~etwrs that included food a(lergy restriction and .mvdieations associated with dysphagia. Body mass .ndex Was the best predictor of severity of dysphagin in this population.
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