Effect of intermittent sitting time on acute postprandial lipemia in children

Date
2015-03-18
Authors
Ross, K
Hinckson, E
Zinn, C
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Journal Article
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Elsevier
Abstract

Objective: To investigate the effect of interrupting sitting time with intermittent moderate exercise on acute postprandial plasma triglyceride (TG) in healthy children following high-fat meal consumption. Methods: Twelve participants (8 girls; 4 boys), aged 12 2 years (mean SD), completed two trials in the laboratory. On Day 1 (d1), sitting was interrupted with moderate intensity exercise every 30 min, and compared with day 2, (d2), where participants remained sedentary. On each testing day, participants consumed four high fat meals. Blood was sampled in a fasted state and 2-hourly for 6 h with the last sample taken on the 7th hour. Results: Overall, there were no significant differences in the area under the concentrationetime curve between day 1 and day 2, for the 12 participants combined (p ¼ 0.98). However, in eight of the 12 participants, triglyceride concentrations remained high on d2 at two, four and 6 h after baseline compared with d1 (p ¼ 0.03). Conclusion: When sitting was interrupted by short bouts of moderate intensity exercise there was a reduction in triglyceride concentrations in eight out of 12 participants. Possible reasons to account for the difference in response may include sexual maturation, gender differences, genetic conditions, or the rate of digestion and intestinal absorption.

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Fat; Lipids; New Zealand; Physical activity; Sedentary behavior
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Journal of Clinical & Translational Endocrinology, Vol. 2, pp.72 - 76
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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).