Nutritional status of blind and visually impaired patients
Z Vági, K Deé, Z Lelovics, É Lakatos · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2012 · Heft 05
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Zusammenfassung
Background: According to the data of the last processed census 5.7% of the Hungarian population lives with some kind of disability, physical, mental or sensory disability, that prevents the rest of her life in the usual, traditional way of life style. 14% of them have problems with vision (blind or visually impaired). The most frequent causes of blindness or visual impairment are age-related macula degeneration, diabetes, cataract and glaucoma. Many blind or visually impaired can live with disability well, however, old blind and visually impaired have diseases beside their disability, so they nutrition needs spe…