摘要：Background: Knowledge is lacking about dietary habits among people with intellectual disability (ID) livingin community residences under new living conditions.Objective: To describe the dietary habits of individuals with ID living in community residences, focusing onintake of food, energy and nutrients as well as meal patterns.Design: Assisted food records and physical activity records over a 3-day observation period for 32 subjects.Results: Great variation was observed in daily energy intake (4.9-14 MJ) dispersed across several meals, withon average 26% of the energy coming from in-between-meal consumption. Main energy sources were milkproducts, bread, meat products, buns and cakes. The daily intake of fruit and vegetables (320±221 g) as wellas dietary fiber (21±9.6 g) was generally low. For four vitamins and two minerals, 19-34% of subjects showedan intake below average requirement (AR). The physical activity level (PAL) was low for all individuals (1.4±0.1).Conclusion: A regular meal pattern with a relatively high proportion of energy from in-between-meal eatingoccasions and a low intake of especially fruits were typical of this group of people with ID. However, the totalintake of energy and other food items varied a great deal between individuals. Thus, every adult with ID hasto be treated as an individual with specific needs. A need for more knowledge about food in general andparticularly how fruit and vegetables could be included in cooking as well as encouraged to be eaten as inbetween-meals seems imperative in the new living conditions for adults with ID.
关键词：observed food record;community residence;intellectual disability;fruit and vegetables;micronutrients
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