Sitting Less and Moving More: Improved Glycaemic Control for Type 2 Diabetes Prevention and Management

Current Diabetes Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Dempsey, Paddy C ^a,b   Owen, Neville ^a,b,c   Yates, Thomas E ^d   Kingwell, Bronwyn A ^a,b   Dunstan, David W ^a,b,e  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breaks in sedentary time; Cardiometabolic risk; Cardiovascular; Diabetes; Exercise; Glycaemic control; Insulin resistance; Metabolic syndrome; Physical activity; Prediabetes; Sedentary behaviour; Sitting

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LIFESTYLE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SITTING; STANDING; WALKING; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; BODY POSITION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EXERCISE;

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EXERCISE; HUMANS; POSTURE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

EID: 84989925929     PISSN: 15344827     EISSN: 15390829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-016-0797-4     Document Type: Review

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