Seminars in the Psychiatry of Learning Disabilities (2nd edn), Edited by William Fraser and Michael Kerr, London: Gaskell, 2003, pp 320, £20.00, ISBN 1 901242 93 5 (Paperback)

Abstract

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Intellectual disability and ageing

“…Lifestyle factors including high obesity rates (Glover et al, 2017) and unhealthy lifestyle choices also contribute. People, with poor access to lifestyle advice are less equipped to make informed decisions on healthy living, smoking and alcohol intake (Baxter et al, 2003;Winter, 2014).…”

“…Closely linked to the increased cardiovascular disease risk, is the high prevalence of obesity, metabolic syndrome and diabetes (Baxter et al, 2003;Winter, 2014) Obesity has been suggested to affect between 19.1 and 27.5% of men and between 27.5 and 58.5% of women with intellectual disability (Baxter et al, 2003). The main contributor to obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome is sedentary lifestyle (Baxter et al, 2003;Winter, 2014).…”

“…Closely linked to the increased cardiovascular disease risk, is the high prevalence of obesity, metabolic syndrome and diabetes (Baxter et al, 2003;Winter, 2014) Obesity has been suggested to affect between 19.1 and 27.5% of men and between 27.5 and 58.5% of women with intellectual disability (Baxter et al, 2003). The main contributor to obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome is sedentary lifestyle (Baxter et al, 2003;Winter, 2014). The use of food as a reward, especially in family homes (Baxter et al, 2003) and the reduced capacity of some individuals to understand the impact of food choices, exercise and lifestyle habits on long term health (Winter, 2014), are a problem.…”

“…The main contributor to obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome is sedentary lifestyle (Baxter et al, 2003;Winter, 2014). The use of food as a reward, especially in family homes (Baxter et al, 2003) and the reduced capacity of some individuals to understand the impact of food choices, exercise and lifestyle habits on long term health (Winter, 2014), are a problem. Research suggests that up to 80% of people with intellectual disability get less exercise than recommended by the Department of Health, and a healthy diet with adequate fruit and vegetables is consumed by less than 10% of people with intellectual disability (Haveman, 2019).…”

“…cancer, dementia and sensory problems, (Baxter et al, 2003;Haveman, 2019,). There is also the issue of age-related social change, including retirement, changing structure of the family and bereavement.…”