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Product

Healthy eating: Population with special health needs

Center:

PR-Institute on Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD

Fiscal Year:

2020

Contact Information:

Carol Salas Pagan
[email protected]
787-754-4377

Product Description:

Nutrition services must be provided throughout life: in an interdisciplinary, family-centered, community-based and culture-based manner. services are offered to optimize health and provide care for individuals and groups. Adequate food is important because it promotes quality of life, prevents secondary health conditions and complications, among others. This includes aspects of healthy eating, diet and its relationship with IDD.

Keyword(s):

nutrition and health, diets, adequate food, healthy eating, special health care needs

Product/Publication Type(s):

Conference presentations and posters presented

Target Audience:

Consumers/Families, Professionals

Alternative Format:

Visual Format or Large Print, Language other than English

To Obtain Copies (URL or Email):

[email protected]

COVID-19 Related Data:

N/A