Excess weight problem among people with intellectual and physical disabilities, depending on the severity of disability, level of injury, gender and age

The world's increasing obesity and overweight problem, which results in the risk of developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Overweight and obesity affects people with various disabilities, thereby undermining causing disability and related diseases. The objective - Evaluate the prevalence of obesity among people with mental and physical disabilities, depending on the severity of disability, level of injury, gender and age. Research methods: 1. The number of people with mental and physical disabilities, anthropometric (height, weight) measurements. 2. Mental (filled agents) and physically disabled persons survey. The study showed that people with paraplegia average BMI is significantly higher compared with tetraplegics with people. Comparing the average BMI among persons with physical disabilities according to sex showed that the average BMI for women is higher than men, but not significantly. Comparing the average BMI among people with physical disabilities, by age, it became clear that the difference is negligible. In a study among people with mental disabilities it showed that a statistically significant greater mean BMI has persons with special needs in large, compared with the average and small special needs. Comparing the mentally disabled men and women, average BMI showed that men BMI higher, but not significantly. Comparing the average BMI among people with mental disabilities, by age, it became clear that the difference is negligible. Comparing the physical and mentally disabled persons with mental disabilities showed that men with a BMI average is significantly higher compared to the physically disabled men. Comparing the mentally handicapped and physically disabled women revealed that mentally disabled women with an average BMI is higher, but not significantly