Associations between neurodivergence, learning disabilities and metabolic syndrome risk: evidence from the Health Survey for England
To mitigate metabolic syndrome risk, both adapting annual health checks available to adults with learning disabilities and adapting National Health Service weight management plans, to include neurodivergent adults is recommended.
Authors
- Annemarie Lodder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1730-6132)
- Nicola Shelton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4939-1036)
- Sofia Abdinor
Institutions
- University College London (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Public Health
- Published
- 2025-03-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdaf027
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.76