An investigation into the incidence of obesity and underweight among adults with an intellectual disability in an Australian sample Moore, Kathleen A, McGillivray, Jane, Illingworth, Kaye and Brookhouse, Peter 2004, An investigation into the incidence of obesity and underweight among adults with an intellectual disability in an Australian sample, Journal of intellectual & developmental disability, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 306-318, doi: 10.1080/13668250400014483. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title An investigation into the incidence of obesity and underweight among adults with an intellectual disability in an Australian sample Author(s) Moore, Kathleen A McGillivray, Jane orcid.org/0000-0003-2000-6488 Illingworth, Kaye Brookhouse, Peter Journal name Journal of intellectual & developmental disability Volume number 29 Issue number 4 Start page 306 End page 318 Publisher Carfax Publishing Place of publication Abingdon, England Publication date 2004-12 ISSN 1366-8250 1469-9532 Summary Reports suggest that 7% to 18% of Australian adults are obese and a further 16% to 55% are overweight. Studies from other countries have indicated that obesity among people with an intellectual disability may be at least, or even more, prevalent. Prevalence rates range from 28% to 59%. The aim of the current study was to investigate the weight distribution of an Australian sample of people with an intellectual disability using Body Mass Index (BMI) to classify males and females, and Kelly and Rimmer's (1987) Percentage of Body Fat (PBF) formula to also classify males. Forty-one females and 52 males with a mild to severe intellectual disability were assessed. The correlation between BMI and PBF for males was r=.89. BMI classifications revealed a higher percentage of females as overweight (41.4%) and obese (36.6%) compared to overweight males (30.8%) and obese males (30.8%). There were more underweight males (7.6%) than females (4.9%). There was no relationship between living environment and weight classifications on the BMI. The PBF formula indicated that 73% of the males were classified as obese. The possibility of misclassification using the BMI and the need for weight interventions are discussed. Language eng DOI 10.1080/13668250400014483 Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2004, Carfax Publishing/Talyor and Francis Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30002589 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 16 Oct 2012, 13:09:10 EST Tue, 16 Oct 2012, 13:11:16 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 22:33:50 EST Wed, 27 Aug 2014, 21:19:48 EST Mon, 19 Jan 2015, 10:11:22 EST Fri, 06 Feb 2015, 10:09:29 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 14 times in TR Web of Science Cited 15 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1829 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 08:28:58 EST