Journal article

Benefits for Type 2 Diabetes of Interrupting Prolonged Sitting With Brief Bouts of Light Walking or Simple Resistance Activities

PC Dempsey, RN Larsen, P Sethi, JW Sacre, NE Straznicky, ND Cohen, E Cerin, GW Lambert, N Owen, BA Kingwell, DW Dunstan

Diabetes Care | AMER DIABETES ASSOC | Published : 2016

Abstract

OBJECTIVE To determine whether interrupting prolonged sitting with brief bouts of lightintensity walking (LW) or simple resistance activities (SRA) improves postprandial cardiometabolic risk markers in adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In a randomized crossover trial, 24 inactive overweight/obese adults with T2D (14 men 62 6 6 years old) underwent the following 8-h conditions on three separate days (with 6-14 days washout): uninterrupted sitting (control) (SIT), sitting plus 3-min bouts of LW (3.2 km. h21) every 30 min, and sitting plus 3-min bouts of SRA (half-squats, calf raises, gluteal contractions, and knee raises) every 30 min. Standardized meals were consu..

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Grants

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council


Funding Acknowledgements

This research was supported by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) project grant 1081734 and the Victorian Government Operational Infrastructure Support scheme. P.C.D. is supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award. J.W.S., G.W.L., N.O., B.A.K., and D.W.D. are supported by the NHMRC Fellowships scheme. E.C. is supported by an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (FT140100085).