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. 2022 Jan 10;12(1):42-49.
doi: 10.3390/ejihpe12010004.

Accuracy of Body Mass Index and Obesity Status in Police Trainees

Miloš Stojković  1 , Katie M Heinrich  2 , Aleksandar Čvorović  3 , Velimir Jeknić  1 , Gianpiero Greco  4 , Filip Kukić  3
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Accuracy of Body Mass Index and Obesity Status in Police Trainees

Miloš Stojković et al. Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ. .

Abstract

The first aim of this study was to compare body mass index (BMI) (indirect method) classification with the body fat percent (PBF) (direct method) and to determine how BMI classifies subjects with different levels of skeletal muscle mass percent (PSMM). The second aim was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity status among police trainees (PTs). A total of 103 male PTs participated in this research: age = 21.46 ± 0.64 years, body mass (BM) = 75.97 ± 8.10 kg, body height (BH) = 174.07 ± 6.31 cm, BMI = 25.05 ± 2.12 kg/m2. The InBody 370 multichannel bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) measured body composition. Study results indicated that muscular PTs could be misclassified as overweight and that PBF identified more subjects as obese. Namely, three PTs were obese according to BMI, while 13 were obese according to PBF. The information provided by this research could be used to help professionals understand the importance of measuring body composition, and the inaccuracies in BMI classification. In conclusion, whenever possible PSMM and PBF should replace the utilization of BMI to screen overweight and obesity in PTs. Agencies may think of using BIA as non-invasive, quick and inexpensive measurement tool.

Keywords: assessment; body fat; health status; muscle mass; tactical athletes.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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(a) PSMM classification within the BMI classification; (b) PBF classification within the BMI classification.
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