Journal article
Breaking up prolonged sitting reduces resting blood pressure in overweight/obese adults
RN Larsen, BA Kingwell, P Sethi, E Cerin, N Owen, DW Dunstan
NUTRITION METABOLISM AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2014
Abstract
AIM: To compare the effect of 7 h of prolonged sitting on resting blood pressure with a similar duration of sitting combined with intermittent brief bouts of light-intensity or moderate-intensity physical activity. METHODS AND RESULTS: Overweight/obese adults (n = 19; aged 45-65 years) were recruited for a randomized three-treatment crossover trial with a one-week washout between treatments: 1) uninterrupted sitting; 2) sitting with 2 min bouts of light-intensity walking at 3.2 km/h every 20 min; and, 3) sitting with 2 min bouts of moderate-intensity walking at between 5.8 and 6.4 km/h every 20 min. After an initial 2 h period seated, participants consumed a test meal (75 g carbohydrate, 50 ..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
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Awarded by Australian Research Council Future Research Fellowship
Awarded by NHMRC Principal Research Fellowship
Awarded by NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellowship
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project Grant (NHMRC #540107) and an NHMRC Program Grant (NHMRC # 569940). DD is supported by an Australian Research Council Future Research Fellowship (FT100100918). BK is supported by a NHMRC Principal Research Fellowship (NHMRC #569861) and NO is supported by a NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellowship (NHMRC #1003960). This work was also partially supported by an OIS grant from the Victorian State Government, Australia.