purpose:
(1) Clarification of the situation of unbalanced diet and poor eating of blind children.
(2) Clarification of the daily diet of blind children.
(3) The observation of the relationship between dietary habits and the reason for unbalanced diet and poor eating.
(4) The observation of the relationship between unbalanced diet and poor eating and retarded physical and mental growth.
a description of the investigated group:
A group of 39 blind children from the ages of 2 to 6 years.
method:
A group of 17 partially blind children completed a questionnaire to serve as the control group.
conclusion:
(1) A great number of blind children suffer from unbalanced diet and poor eating, but the majority of blind children do not suffer from these factors. However, the mentally retarded are more apt to suffer from unbalanced diet and poor eating.
(2) A great many blind children are let to do as they likes by their mothers, and especially, in the case of the mentally retarded children this situation is extremely likely to develop. Therefore parental behavior is one cause of unbalanced diet and poor eating for blind children.
