Alternating Bouts of Sitting and Standing Attenuate Postprandial Glucose Responses

Purpose This study aimed to examine whether reductions in sitting time through alternating 30-min bouts of sitting and standing can reduce postprandial glucose, insulin, and triglyceride responses. Methods Twenty-three overweight/obese sedentary office workers (17 males and six females; mean ± SD: age, 48.2 ± 7.9 yr; body mass index, 29.6 ± 4.0 kg·m−2) undertook two short-term (5 d) experimental conditions in an equal, randomized (1:1) order. In...