Lina Sundahl1, Marie Zetterberg1, Anita Wester2, Börje Rehn1, Sven Blomqvist3. 1. Department Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. 2. Department of Research and Evaluation, Swedish National Agency for Education, Stockholm, Sweden. 3. Swedish Development Centre for Disability Sport, Bollnäs, Sweden.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: As physical activity can prevent overweight and promote general health, the aim was to investigate the amount of physical activity among adolescent and young adult women and men with intellectual disability (ID), compared to age-matched control groups without intellectual disability. A further aim was to examine whether physical activity level was associated with the body mass index (BMI). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty-two adolescent and young adult women and men with intellectual disability and 48 without intellectual disability, between the ages 16 and 20 years, BMIs ranging from 16.3 to 50.3 kg/m(2) , were measured for number of steps taken with a pedometer for five consecutive days (Sunday-Thursday). RESULTS: The only group to meet recommendations regarding number of steps (10 000-12 000/day) was women without intellectual disability. No significant associations were found between total number of steps taken and BMI. CONCLUSION: As the majority of adolescents and young adults with intellectual disability, especially women, did not reach recommended activity levels regardless of their BMIs, this call for broad measures to increase physical activity.
BACKGROUND: As physical activity can prevent overweight and promote general health, the aim was to investigate the amount of physical activity among adolescent and young adult women and men with intellectual disability (ID), compared to age-matched control groups without intellectual disability. A further aim was to examine whether physical activity level was associated with the body mass index (BMI). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty-two adolescent and young adult women and men with intellectual disability and 48 without intellectual disability, between the ages 16 and 20 years, BMIs ranging from 16.3 to 50.3 kg/m(2) , were measured for number of steps taken with a pedometer for five consecutive days (Sunday-Thursday). RESULTS: The only group to meet recommendations regarding number of steps (10 000-12 000/day) was women without intellectual disability. No significant associations were found between total number of steps taken and BMI. CONCLUSION: As the majority of adolescents and young adults with intellectual disability, especially women, did not reach recommended activity levels regardless of their BMIs, this call for broad measures to increase physical activity.
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