Adolescents with High Incidence Disabilities

     This article deals with the higher rate of probability that an adolescent will be overweight if they have a high incidence disability and are living in residential care.  First of all, one of the factors listed for causing the weight gain is medication.  Adolescents could be living in a residential facility because of possible needs that can not be met in the home in terms of health care.  Other factors could include, "educational deficiencies, maladaptive behaviors, high rates of mobility and placement instability, elevated externalizing and internalizing behavior, and higher rates of psychometric medication usage (Trout et. al, 2014)."
     One of the limitations listed in the study is that, "while the study provides a valuable overview of the health status of youth in residential care, they didn't specifically examine youth with high incidence disabilities in these settings (Trout 2014)."  It seemed to me the factor of how their health was affected in the facility was more the focus.  For instance, the study noted that adolescents in residential care were more likely to have common medical ailments such as asthma.  
      The study continued to compare adults with disabilities and adults without.  There was still a higher percentage of adults with high incidence disabilities who were obese than those adults in residential care who did not have a disability.
      I honestly found the information shared in this article to be a little all over the place.  It seemed like the title was not completely true to the information that was presented.  The article first says it's talking about one thing (adolescents with high incidence in residential facilities), and then it goes on to cite that it doesn't handle the high incidence disabilities piece.  Then it goes on to talk about adults with and without disabilities..)
      Upon honest reflection, there are many interesting statistics shared, and important comparisons made, the data within this article is a little all over the place.  This is my opinion though.  While it shared a relevant piece of information (that students with high incidence disabilities may face the challenge of obesity in residential care), the scope and sequence of information shared didn't follow a well thought out pattern.  But, as I said ,this is just my opinion.
        



Trout, A. L., Lambert, M. C., Nelson, T. D., & Thompson, R. W. (2014). Prevalence of weight problems among youth with 
          high-incidence disabilities in residential care. Behavioral Disorders, 39(3), 165-174.