Breaking up of prolonged sitting over three days sustains, but does not enhance, lowering of postprandial plasma glucose and insulin in overweight and obese adults (original) (raw)

2015, Clinical science (London, England : 1979)

Aim: To compare the cumulative (three-day) effect of prolonged sitting on metabolic responses during a mixed meal tolerance test (MTT), with sitting that is regularly interrupted with brief bouts of light-intensity walking. Research design and methods: Overweight/obese adults (n=19) were recruited for a randomized, three-day, outpatient, crossover trial involving: 1) 7-hour days of uninterrupted sitting (SIT); and, 2) 7-hour days of sitting with light-intensity activity breaks [BREAKS; 2-minutes of treadmill walking (3.2 km/hour) every 20 minutes (total: 17 breaks/day)]. On days 1 and 3, participants underwent a MTT (75g carbohydrate, 50g fat), and the incremental area under the curve (iAUC) was calculated from hourly blood samples. GEE models were adjusted for gender, BMI, energy intake, treatment order and pre-prandial values to determine effects of time, condition and time x condition. Results: The glucose iAUC was 1.3 ± 0.5 and 1.5 ± 0.5 mmol.hr.L-1 (mean difference ± SEM) highe...

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