Nutritional Status of Persons with Severe Mental and Physical Handicaps.

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  • Matsueda Shuji
    Department of Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Medical Professions, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare
  • Ono Akifumi
    Department of Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Medical Professions, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare
  • Takemasa Mutsuko
    Department of Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Medical Professions, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare
  • Morita Tetsuro
    Department of Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Medical Professions, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare
  • Morooka Michiko
    Asahigawa Jido-in
  • Hayashi Yuko
    Asahigawa Jido-in
  • Kajii Keiko
    Asahigawa Jido-in

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  • 重症心身障害児（者）の栄養状態
  • ジュウショウ シンシン ショウガイジ シャ ノ エイヨウ ジョウタイ

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Abstract

In recent years, a great deal of attention has been paid to the handicapped, but there are few reports on their nutritional status. We evaluated the nutritional status of 33 subjects with severe mental and physical handicaps (18 females, 15 males) based on their resting metabolic rates, anthropometric measurements, blood composition and intakes of nutrients. We compared the measured values with the recommended dietary allowances for the Japanese (4th revision, 1989). All subjects were shorter in height and weighed less than the reference. The body fat percent and arm muscle circumference value were smaller than the reference values in male subjects. The mean resting metabolic rate per kg of body weight was higher than the reference value in all subjects. This is attributable to their lighter body weights. The resting metabolic rate per body surface area was low in most of the subjects, the mean values being 95% of the reference for females and 86% for males. When compared with the reference values, nutrient intakes were insufficient in all subjects except for vitamin A.

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