Obesity and intellectual disability in New Zealand.
Background The international literature suggests that obesity is likely to be more pronounced in the population of people with intellectual disability (ID). However, there are no published New Zealand data for this population. Method We accessed a database containing anonymous data for a New Zealand...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 112 - 116 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2010
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