Fleming, Richard K.Stokes, Elise A.Curtin, CarolBandini, Linda GGleason, JamesScampini, ReneeMaslin, Melissa C. T.Hamad, Charles D.2022-08-232022-08-232008-01-012020-11-09<p>Fleming RK, Stokes EA, Curtin C, Bandini LG, Gleason J, Scampini R, Maslin MC, Hamad C. Behavioral Health in Developmental Disabilities: A Comprehensive Program of Nutrition, Exercise, and Weight Reduction. Int J Behav Consult Ther. 2008 Jan 1;4(3):287-296. doi: 10.1037/h0100858. PMID: 20354592; PMCID: PMC2846829. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1037/h0100858">Link to article on publisher's site</a></p>1555-7855 (Linking)10.1037/h010085820354592https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/49002We review the literature on the prevalence and conditions resulting in overweight and obesity in people with intellectual disability (ID), followed by obesity treatment research with typically developing children and adaptations for children with ID. In addition to proposing directions for future research and practice, we report a comprehensive randomized control trial (RCT) of family-based behavioral intervention targeting weight loss among adolescents with Down syndrome.en-USBehavioral MedicineCongenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and AbnormalitiesDisability StudiesMental and Social HealthNervous System DiseasesNutritional and Metabolic DiseasesPathological Conditions, Signs and SymptomsPediatricsPsychiatry and PsychologyPsychologyJournal Articlehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/shriver_pp/7720132462shriver_pp/77