Body mass index as an indicator of adiposity among adults with intellectual disability

Abstract

BMI appears to be a reasonable indicator of adiposity, although a BMI >or= 30 may misclassify a proportion of individuals assessed by DXA as obese.

Recommended physical activity and intensity levels to reduce excess of body fat amongst Malay female university students in Malaysia

“…The prevalence of high adiposity in our study (35.8%) is also higher than a recent study in Taiwan (2016) among young female adults which is reported at 27.3% [12]. This indicates that about one third of this population which are all young adults are at high risk for non-communicable and cancer diseases [13][14].…”

Measuring Body Composition in Individuals with Intellectual Disability: A Scoping Review

“…The results showed that four studies (67%) included participants with various levels of ID [16–19] with the two remaining studies (33%) featuring participants only with Down syndrome (DS) [20, 21]. Temple et al's [17] research included individuals with DS and Duane syndrome under the generic term ID. Two additional studies included participants only with severe disabilities [16, 19] while another contained a comparison group without disabilities [21].…”

“…Four of the studies that met our inclusion criteria attempted to cross validate anthropometric measurements using a criterion measure, namely, ADP [20, 21], DXA [17], and isotope dilution [16]. The validity of skinfold thickness generalized prediction equations was tested in four studies (67%).…”

“…Results also indicated that skinfold measures may produce high levels of noncompliance amongst different populations with ID [16, 18, 19]. Criterion measures ADP and DXA reported high levels of compliance in individuals with DS [20, 21] and ID [17], respectively.…”

“…The feasibility of anthropometric girth measurements (AGM), BMI [17–19], waist circumference [18, 19], tibia length [19], and BIA [16, 18] as measures of body composition were also examined by various researchers in diverse populations with ID. BIA [16, 18] and BMI [17–19] were found to be practical measures for different populations with ID but no such data was available for individuals with DS.…”