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Factors for Healthy Food or Less-Healthy Food Intake among Taiwanese Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities
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Yen, Chia-Feng; Lin, Jin-Ding – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Little information is available on the prevalence and risk factors for less-healthy food intake among people with intellectual disabilities (ID). This study aimed to provide the information of healthy or less-healthy food intake among Taiwanese adolescents with ID and to examine the risk factors to their food intake. A cross-sectional data on 1419…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Nutrition, Food, Adolescents
The Social and Recreational Characteristics of Adults with Intellectual Disability and Pica Living in Institutions
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Ashworth, Melody; Hirdes, John P.; Martin, Lynn – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
This paper reports on the social life of adults with intellectual disability (ID) who engage in pica behaviour (i.e., ingestion of non-food items). Secondary analyses were conducted on the population of adults residing in Ontario's three remaining specialized institutions for persons with ID (N = 1008); 220 individuals (21.8%) had pica. All…
Descriptors: Recreational Activities, Social Life, Mental Retardation, Foreign Countries
The Effectiveness of Exercise Intervention on Inhibitory Control in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: Using a Visuospatial Attention Paradigm as a Model
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Tsai, Chia-Liang – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
Children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) have been demonstrated to show a deficit of inhibitory control in volitional shifts of attention. The aim of this study was to use ecological intervention to investigate the efficacy of table-tennis training on treating both problems with attentional networks and motor disorder in children…
Descriptors: Racquet Sports, Intervention, Inhibition, Foreign Countries