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Evidence suggests Walking maydecreaseGlucose disposal.
43 studies (83 claims)
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Study Claims
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Type | Population | Dosage | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| interval walking exercise and acute green tea extract supplementation | Decreases - resulted in a ∼9% most likely beneficial effect | blood glucose area under the curve response to the OGTT | Human | physically inactive participants | Not specified in the abstract. | High-intensity interval walking in combination with acute green tea extract supplementation reduces postprandial blood glucose concentrations in physically inactive participants. |
| interval walking exercise and acute green tea extract supplementation | Decreases - can reduce | postprandial glucose concentrations | Human | physically inactive individuals | Not specified in the abstract. | High-intensity interval walking in combination with acute green tea extract supplementation reduces postprandial blood glucose concentrations in physically inactive participants. |
| regular walking training | Increases - improves | glucose control | Human | subjects with T2DM | Not specified | Walking for subjects with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and joint AMD/SID/SISMES evidence-based practical guideline.cited 39× |
| short bouts of walking | Increases - can ameliorate | glucose profiles | Human | diabetic patients with sedentary behavior | Not specified | Walking for subjects with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and joint AMD/SID/SISMES evidence-based practical guideline.cited 39× |
| walking immediately after the meal | Decreases - improved | area under the curve (AUC) glucose | Human | adults | 30 minutes of walking | Immediate post-breakfast physical activity improves interstitial postprandial glycemia: a comparison of different activity-meal timings.cited 32× |
| walking immediately after the meal | Decreases - improved | coefficient of variance (CV) glucose | Human | adults | 30 minutes of walking | Immediate post-breakfast physical activity improves interstitial postprandial glycemia: a comparison of different activity-meal timings.cited 32× |
| walking immediately after the meal | Decreases - improved | mean glucose | Human | adults | 30 minutes of walking | Immediate post-breakfast physical activity improves interstitial postprandial glycemia: a comparison of different activity-meal timings.cited 32× |
| walking 30 min after the meal | No effect - not affected | area under the curve (AUC) glucose | Human | adults | 30 minutes of walking | Immediate post-breakfast physical activity improves interstitial postprandial glycemia: a comparison of different activity-meal timings.cited 32× |
| walking 30 min after the meal | No effect - not affected | coefficient of variance (CV) glucose | Human | adults | 30 minutes of walking | Immediate post-breakfast physical activity improves interstitial postprandial glycemia: a comparison of different activity-meal timings.cited 32× |
| walking 30 min after the meal | No effect - not affected | mean glucose | Human | adults | 30 minutes of walking | Immediate post-breakfast physical activity improves interstitial postprandial glycemia: a comparison of different activity-meal timings.cited 32× |
| walking immediately before the meal | No effect - not affected | area under the curve (AUC) glucose | Human | adults | 30 minutes of walking | Immediate post-breakfast physical activity improves interstitial postprandial glycemia: a comparison of different activity-meal timings.cited 32× |
| walking immediately before the meal | No effect - not affected | coefficient of variance (CV) glucose | Human | adults | 30 minutes of walking | Immediate post-breakfast physical activity improves interstitial postprandial glycemia: a comparison of different activity-meal timings.cited 32× |
| walking immediately before the meal | No effect - not affected | mean glucose | Human | adults | 30 minutes of walking | Immediate post-breakfast physical activity improves interstitial postprandial glycemia: a comparison of different activity-meal timings.cited 32× |
| breaking up prolonged sitting with short bouts of walking | Decreases - significantly reduced | glucose iAUC | Human | overweight/obese, dysglycemic, postmenopausal women at high risk of type 2 diabetes | 5-minute bouts of walking at a self-perceived light intensity every 30 minutes. | Breaking Up Prolonged Sitting With Standing or Walking Attenuates the Postprandial Metabolic Response in Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Acute Study.cited 184× |
| breaking up prolonged sitting with short bouts of walking | Decreases - persisted into the following day | glucose response | Human | overweight/obese, dysglycemic, postmenopausal women at high risk of type 2 diabetes | 5-minute bouts of walking at a self-perceived light intensity every 30 minutes. | Breaking Up Prolonged Sitting With Standing or Walking Attenuates the Postprandial Metabolic Response in Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Acute Study.cited 184× |
| 12-week fitness walking (FW) programme | Decreases - exhibited decreased levels | fasting blood glucose (FBG) | Human | postmenopausal women | 60 minutes per session, five times per week, at 50%-60% VO2max. | Effect of 12-week fitness walking programme on sex hormone levels and risk factors for metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women: A pilot study. |
| interval walking | Decreases - reduced | continuous glucose monitoring mean glucose for the rest of the intervention day | Human | patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus | Three 1-hour interventions (interval walking, continuous walking, and control). | The acute effects of interval- Vs continuous-walking exercise on glycemic control in subjects with type 2 diabetes: a crossover, controlled study.cited 54× |
| interval walking | No effect - no differences were found | continuous glucose monitoring mean glucose the following day | Human | patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus | Three 1-hour interventions (interval walking, continuous walking, and control). | The acute effects of interval- Vs continuous-walking exercise on glycemic control in subjects with type 2 diabetes: a crossover, controlled study.cited 54× |
| interval walking | Decreases - decreased | maximal incremental plasma glucose during the MMTT | Human | patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus | Three 1-hour interventions (interval walking, continuous walking, and control). | The acute effects of interval- Vs continuous-walking exercise on glycemic control in subjects with type 2 diabetes: a crossover, controlled study.cited 54× |
| interval walking | Decreases - decreased | mean incremental plasma glucose during the MMTT | Human | patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus | Three 1-hour interventions (interval walking, continuous walking, and control). | The acute effects of interval- Vs continuous-walking exercise on glycemic control in subjects with type 2 diabetes: a crossover, controlled study.cited 54× |
| interval walking | Decreases - decreased | mean incremental plasma glucose during the MMTT | Human | patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus | Three 1-hour interventions (interval walking, continuous walking, and control). | The acute effects of interval- Vs continuous-walking exercise on glycemic control in subjects with type 2 diabetes: a crossover, controlled study.cited 54× |
| interval walking | Increases - increased | metabolic clearance rate of glucose during the MMTT | Human | patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus | Three 1-hour interventions (interval walking, continuous walking, and control). | The acute effects of interval- Vs continuous-walking exercise on glycemic control in subjects with type 2 diabetes: a crossover, controlled study.cited 54× |
| continuous walking | No effect - showed no differences | maximal incremental plasma glucose during the MMTT | Human | patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus | Three 1-hour interventions (interval walking, continuous walking, and control). | The acute effects of interval- Vs continuous-walking exercise on glycemic control in subjects with type 2 diabetes: a crossover, controlled study.cited 54× |
| continuous walking | No effect - showed no differences | mean incremental plasma glucose during the MMTT | Human | patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus | Three 1-hour interventions (interval walking, continuous walking, and control). | The acute effects of interval- Vs continuous-walking exercise on glycemic control in subjects with type 2 diabetes: a crossover, controlled study.cited 54× |
| 2 minutes walking every hour | Decreases - associated with a significantly lower glycemic response | 2-hour post-lunch glucose iAUC | Human | sedentary, overweight or obese, postmenopausal women | 2 minutes of walking every hour. | Acute glucoregulatory and vascular outcomes of three strategies for interrupting prolonged sitting time in postmenopausal women: A pilot, laboratory-based, randomized, controlled, 4-condition, 4-period crossover trial.cited 27× |
| Nordic walking training combined with 10 hours' time-restricted eating | Decreases - diminished | glucose | Human | all participants | 12-week Nordic walking training combined with 10-hour time-restricted eating. | Iron status determined changes in health measures induced by nordic walking with time-restricted eating in older adults- a randomised trial.cited 4× |
| sitting interrupted by 2 minutes of light-intensity walking every 20 minutes | Decreases - was 55.5% lower | 5-hour interstitial glucose incremental area under the curve (iAUC) | Human | middle-aged office workers | 2 minutes of light-intensity walking every 20 minutes. | The Acute Effects of Breaking Up Seated Office Work With Standing or Light-Intensity Walking on Interstitial Glucose Concentration: A Randomized Crossover Trial.cited 16× |
| Home-based interval walking | Decreases - lower | 2-hour glucose concentration | Human | patients with stage I to III colorectal cancer who had completed primary treatment | 150 minutes per week of home-based interval walking. | Interval Walking Improves Glycemic Control and Body Composition After Cancer Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 14× |
| Home-based interval walking | Decreases - lower | glucose OGTT area under the curve | Human | patients with stage I to III colorectal cancer who had completed primary treatment | 150 minutes per week of home-based interval walking. | Interval Walking Improves Glycemic Control and Body Composition After Cancer Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 14× |
| walking alone | No effect - no significant effects | protein expression of proteins involved in mitochondrial capacity in skeletal muscle and glucose uptake | Human | individuals with prediabetes | HIIT (3 × 20-second cycle sprints, 3 times weekly) + walking (>10,000 steps/day) or walking alone. | High-intensity interval training improves insulin sensitivity in individuals with prediabetes. |
| HIIT + walking | Increases - most improved | protein expression of proteins involved in mitochondrial capacity in skeletal muscle and glucose uptake | Human | individuals with prediabetes | HIIT (3 × 20-second cycle sprints, 3 times weekly) + walking (>10,000 steps/day) or walking alone. | High-intensity interval training improves insulin sensitivity in individuals with prediabetes. |
| light-intensity walking (LW): sitting plus 3 min bouts of light-intensity walking at 3.2 km/h every 30 min | Decreases - reduced | 22 h glucose | Human | inactive overweight/obese adults with type 2 diabetes | 3-minute bouts of light-intensity walking at 3.2 km/h every 30 minutes. | Interrupting prolonged sitting in type 2 diabetes: nocturnal persistence of improved glycaemic control.cited 79× |
| light-intensity walking (LW): sitting plus 3 min bouts of light-intensity walking at 3.2 km/h every 30 min | Decreases - sustained nocturnally at a lower level until the morning following the intervention | mean glucose concentrations | Human | inactive overweight/obese adults with type 2 diabetes | 3-minute bouts of light-intensity walking at 3.2 km/h every 30 minutes. | Interrupting prolonged sitting in type 2 diabetes: nocturnal persistence of improved glycaemic control.cited 79× |
| light-intensity walking (LW): sitting plus 3 min bouts of light-intensity walking at 3.2 km/h every 30 min | Decreases - reduced | nocturnal mean glucose concentrations | Human | inactive overweight/obese adults with type 2 diabetes | 3-minute bouts of light-intensity walking at 3.2 km/h every 30 minutes. | Interrupting prolonged sitting in type 2 diabetes: nocturnal persistence of improved glycaemic control.cited 79× |
| interrupting sitting with short, moderate-intensity walking bouts | Increases - improved | glucose tolerance | Human | children | 3 minutes of moderate-intensity walking every 30 minutes. | Effects of Interrupting Children's Sedentary Behaviors With Activity on Metabolic Function: A Randomized Trial.cited 53× |
| outdoor walking groups | No effect - evidence was less clear | fasting glucose | Human | Adults | Not specified | Is there evidence that walking groups have health benefits? A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 216× |
| interrupting sitting with short bouts of moderate-intensity walking | Decreases - would decrease | insulin area under the curve (AUC) during an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) | Human | children with overweight or obesity | 3 minutes of moderate-intensity walking (at 80% of ventilatory threshold) every 30 minutes for 3 hours. | Effects of Interrupting Sedentary Behavior With Short Bouts of Moderate Physical Activity on Glucose Tolerance in Children With Overweight and Obesity: A Randomized Crossover Trial.cited 32× |
| interrupting sitting with brief moderate-intensity walking | Increases - improved | glucose metabolism | Human | children with overweight or obesity | 3 minutes of moderate-intensity walking (at 80% of ventilatory threshold) every 30 minutes for 3 hours. | Effects of Interrupting Sedentary Behavior With Short Bouts of Moderate Physical Activity on Glucose Tolerance in Children With Overweight and Obesity: A Randomized Crossover Trial.cited 32× |
| interrupting sedentary behavior (sitting) with very short periods of walking | Increases - would improve | glucose metabolism | Human | children with overweight or obesity | 3 minutes of moderate-intensity walking (at 80% of ventilatory threshold) every 30 minutes for 3 hours. | Effects of Interrupting Sedentary Behavior With Short Bouts of Moderate Physical Activity on Glucose Tolerance in Children With Overweight and Obesity: A Randomized Crossover Trial.cited 32× |
| continuous walking (1.0 mph; WALK) | No effect - effects on | 2-h postprandial glucose concentrations | Human | young adults with overweight and obesity | Continuous walking at 1.0 mph during an 8-hour simulated workday. | Effects of light-intensity physical activity on cardiometabolic parameters in young adults with overweight and obesity: The SED-ACT randomized controlled crossover trial.cited 2× |
| continuous walking (1.0 mph; WALK) | No effect - compared with uninterrupted prolonged sitting affects | mean 8-h glucose metabolism | Human | young adults with overweight and obesity | Continuous walking at 1.0 mph during an 8-hour simulated workday. | Effects of light-intensity physical activity on cardiometabolic parameters in young adults with overweight and obesity: The SED-ACT randomized controlled crossover trial.cited 2× |
| Replacement and interruption of prolonged sitting with light-intensity walking | Decreases - showed a significant blood glucose-lowering effect | blood glucose | Human | young adults with overweight and obesity | Continuous walking at 1.0 mph during an 8-hour simulated workday. | Effects of light-intensity physical activity on cardiometabolic parameters in young adults with overweight and obesity: The SED-ACT randomized controlled crossover trial.cited 2× |
| HPP rice intake during interval walking training (IWT) | Decreases - was negatively correlated with | change in total area under the curve (tAUC) for blood glucose concentration ([Glc]) on day 5 after the intervention | Human | hyperglycemic older subjects | 75 g dry weight of HPP rice at breakfast and dinner. | Effects of high-pressure-processed rice intake during interval walking training on glycemic control and NFKB2 gene methylation in hyperglycemic older people. |
| HPP rice intake during interval walking training (IWT) | Decreases - marginally decreased | mean fasting blood glucose concentration ([Glc]) values for 180 min before breakfast over 4 days (days 2-5) | Human | hyperglycemic older subjects | 75 g dry weight of HPP rice at breakfast and dinner. | Effects of high-pressure-processed rice intake during interval walking training on glycemic control and NFKB2 gene methylation in hyperglycemic older people. |
| HPP rice intake during interval walking training (IWT) | Decreases - decreased more | standard deviation of blood glucose concentration ([Glc]) during the 180 min before breakfast over 4 days (days 2-5) | Human | hyperglycemic older subjects | 75 g dry weight of HPP rice at breakfast and dinner. | Effects of high-pressure-processed rice intake during interval walking training on glycemic control and NFKB2 gene methylation in hyperglycemic older people. |
| HPP rice intake during interval walking training (IWT) | Decreases - decreased more | total area under the curve (tAUC) for blood glucose concentration ([Glc]) for 180 min after breakfast on day 5 | Human | hyperglycemic older subjects | 75 g dry weight of HPP rice at breakfast and dinner. | Effects of high-pressure-processed rice intake during interval walking training on glycemic control and NFKB2 gene methylation in hyperglycemic older people. |
| Interval walking consisting of repeated cycles of 3 min slow and 3 min fast walking (IW3) | Decreases - differed significantly | blood glucose levels at specific time points during the MMTT | Human | subjects with type 2 diabetes | 1-hour interventions with repeated cycles of slow (54% VO2peak) and fast (89% VO2peak) walking, either 3 min/3 min (IW3) or 1 min/1 min (IW1). | The Acute Effects of Interval-Type Exercise on Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes Subjects: Importance of Interval Length. A Controlled, Counterbalanced, Crossover Study.cited 10× |
| Interval walking consisting of repeated cycles of 3 min slow and 3 min fast walking (IW3) | Decreases - resulted in lower | overall mean postprandial blood glucose levels | Human | subjects with type 2 diabetes | 1-hour interventions with repeated cycles of slow (54% VO2peak) and fast (89% VO2peak) walking, either 3 min/3 min (IW3) or 1 min/1 min (IW1). | The Acute Effects of Interval-Type Exercise on Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes Subjects: Importance of Interval Length. A Controlled, Counterbalanced, Crossover Study.cited 10× |
| Interval walking consisting of repeated cycles of 1 min slow and 1 min fast walking (IW1) | Decreases - differed significantly | blood glucose levels at specific time points during the MMTT | Human | subjects with type 2 diabetes | 1-hour interventions with repeated cycles of slow (54% VO2peak) and fast (89% VO2peak) walking, either 3 min/3 min (IW3) or 1 min/1 min (IW1). | The Acute Effects of Interval-Type Exercise on Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes Subjects: Importance of Interval Length. A Controlled, Counterbalanced, Crossover Study.cited 10× |
| Interval walking consisting of repeated cycles of 1 min slow and 1 min fast walking (IW1) | No effect - showed no significant differences | overall mean postprandial blood glucose levels | Human | subjects with type 2 diabetes | 1-hour interventions with repeated cycles of slow (54% VO2peak) and fast (89% VO2peak) walking, either 3 min/3 min (IW3) or 1 min/1 min (IW1). | The Acute Effects of Interval-Type Exercise on Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes Subjects: Importance of Interval Length. A Controlled, Counterbalanced, Crossover Study.cited 10× |
| a 24-week walking exercise meeting five times per week | Decreases - showed a significant difference | Fasting blood glucose (FBS) | Human | elderly women | Five times per week. | Effect of a Physical Activity Program on Serum Biochemical Parameters among the Elderly Women.cited 3× |
| 16-week walking program | No effect - examined the potential relationship | insulin response to an oral glucose tolerance test | Human | 29 physically inactive pre- and postmenopausal women with obesity (BMI, 29-35 kg/m²) | Not specified | The relationship between adiposopathy and glucose-insulin homeostasis is not affected by moderate-intensity aerobic training in healthy women with obesity.cited 6× |
| walking initiated 20 min before the PPGP (20iP) | Decreases - reductions | glucose iAUC values | Human | men with higher glucose iAUC values during SIT | Walking at 50% maximal oxygen consumption for 30 minutes. | Walking Initiated 20 Minutes before the Time of Individual Postprandial Glucose Peak Reduces the Glucose Response in Young Men with Overweight or Obesity: A Randomized Crossover Study.cited 11× |
| walking initiated at each participant's PPG-peak time (iP) | Decreases - reductions | glucose iAUC values | Human | men with higher glucose iAUC values during SIT | Walking at 50% maximal oxygen consumption for 30 minutes. | Walking Initiated 20 Minutes before the Time of Individual Postprandial Glucose Peak Reduces the Glucose Response in Young Men with Overweight or Obesity: A Randomized Crossover Study.cited 11× |
| usual care, plus weekly text messages to encourage walking and paper handouts | No effect | glucose AUC from a three-sample 75 g OGTT | Human | South Asian pregnant women with at least 2 GDM risk factors | Encouragement via weekly text messages and FitBit tracking (specific step goals not mentioned). | A culturally tailored personaliseD nutrition intErvention in South ASIan women at risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (DESI-GDM): a randomised controlled trial protocol.cited 3× |
| moderate intensity walking | No effect - aimed to evaluate the effectiveness | postprandial blood glucose control | Human | pregnant individuals with (GDM) and without gestational diabetes mellitus (NON-GDM) | Three 10-minute walks immediately after eating (SHORT) or one 30-minute walk outside of 1 hour after eating (LONG). | Optimizing Blood Glucose Control through the Timing of Exercise in Pregnant Individuals Diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. |
| education and home-based pedometer walking program | Decreases - significant between-group effects were observed | glucose | Human | human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals with risk factors of IHD | Not specified (pedometer-based walking program). | Effects of an education and home-based pedometer walking program on ischemic heart disease risk factors in people infected with HIV: a randomized trial.cited 37× |
| interrupted sitting with 3-min bouts of self-paced walking at 30-min intervals (SIT-LESS) | Decreases - reduced | total mean glucose | Human | inactive adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D) | 3-minute bouts of self-paced walking at 30-minute intervals. | Interrupting prolonged sitting with frequent short bouts of light-intensity activity in people with type 1 diabetes improves glycaemic control without increasing hypoglycaemia: The SIT-LESS randomised controlled trial.cited 10× |
| brisk walking program combined with sugary snack restriction | Increases - demonstrated more pronounced improvements | glucose metabolism | Human | overweight Korean women aged 20-39 | Not specified (brisk walking frequency/duration not detailed). | Sugary snack restriction enhances body composition improvement in overweight women engaging in non-face-to-face walking during COVID-19. |
| brisk walking program | Decreases - showed notable reductions | glucose | Human | overweight Korean women aged 20-39 | Not specified (brisk walking frequency/duration not detailed). | Sugary snack restriction enhances body composition improvement in overweight women engaging in non-face-to-face walking during COVID-19. |
| Frequent interruptions of prolonged sitting with 3 min of light-intensity walking breaks every 15 min (Condition 3) | Decreases - were lower for | fasting glucose | Human | 12 people with Type 2 diabetes | 3 minutes of light-intensity walking every 15 minutes. | Dose-response between frequency of interruption of sedentary time and fasting glucose, the dawn phenomenon and night-time glucose in Type 2 diabetes.cited 19× |
| Frequent interruptions of prolonged sitting with 3 min of light-intensity walking breaks every 15 min | Increases - improves | fasting glucose | Human | people with Type 2 diabetes | 3 minutes of light-intensity walking every 15 minutes. | Dose-response between frequency of interruption of sedentary time and fasting glucose, the dawn phenomenon and night-time glucose in Type 2 diabetes.cited 19× |
| sitting interrupted with light-intensity or moderate-intensity walking every 20-min | Decreases - reduce | postprandial glucose concentration | Human | overweight adults | Light- or moderate-intensity walking every 20 minutes. | Frequent interruptions of sedentary time modulates contraction- and insulin-stimulated glucose uptake pathways in muscle: Ancillary analysis from randomized clinical trials.cited 77× |
| light-intensity walking breaks | Decreases - a significant reduction | glucose | Human | mixed-sex adults (aged > 18 years) who were predominately overweight or participants with obesity | Frequent short bouts (specific duration/frequency not detailed in abstract). | The Acute Effects of Interrupting Prolonged Sitting Time in Adults with Standing and Light-Intensity Walking on Biomarkers of Cardiometabolic Health in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.cited 40× |
| fractionating prolonged sitting with frequent short bouts of light-intensity walking | Decreases - significantly attenuated | postprandial glucose | Human | mixed-sex adults (aged > 18 years) who were predominately overweight or participants with obesity | Frequent short bouts (specific duration/frequency not detailed in abstract). | The Acute Effects of Interrupting Prolonged Sitting Time in Adults with Standing and Light-Intensity Walking on Biomarkers of Cardiometabolic Health in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.cited 40× |
| interval walking training (IWT) | Increases - improved | glucose effectiveness (S_G) | Human | participants with type 2 diabetes | Ten supervised treadmill walking sessions, each lasting 60 minutes, over 2 weeks (IWT: 3 min slow walking alternating with 3 min fast walking; CWT: moderate walking speed). | Glucose effectiveness, but not insulin sensitivity, is improved after short-term interval training in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a controlled, randomised, crossover trial.cited 12× |
| continuous walking training (CWT) | No effect - no effect | glucose effectiveness (S_G) | Human | participants with type 2 diabetes | Ten supervised treadmill walking sessions, each lasting 60 minutes, over 2 weeks (IWT: 3 min slow walking alternating with 3 min fast walking; CWT: moderate walking speed). | Glucose effectiveness, but not insulin sensitivity, is improved after short-term interval training in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a controlled, randomised, crossover trial.cited 12× |
| Interval walking training (IWT) | Increases - enhanced | glucose effectiveness | Human | individuals with type 2 diabetes | Not specified | Health benefits of interval walking training.cited 1× |
| interval walking training (IWT) | Increases - increased | peripheral glucose disposal | Human | individuals with type 2 diabetes | Five sessions per week (60 min/session). | Mechanisms behind the superior effects of interval vs continuous training on glycaemic control in individuals with type 2 diabetes: a randomised controlled trial.cited 60× |
| advice to perform postmeal walking (PMW) | No effect - were similar | 24-hour glucose | Human | women with gestational diabetes (GDM) | Standard care (30-min continuous walking most days per week) or PMW (daily 10-min walks after three main meals). | Diagnosis to Delivery: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Postmeal Walking in Women with Gestational Diabetes.cited 1× |
| advice to perform postmeal walking (PMW) | No effect - were similar | fasting glucose | Human | women with gestational diabetes (GDM) | Standard care (30-min continuous walking most days per week) or PMW (daily 10-min walks after three main meals). | Diagnosis to Delivery: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Postmeal Walking in Women with Gestational Diabetes.cited 1× |
| advice to perform postmeal walking (PMW) | Increases - was higher | mean 3 h postprandial glucose at dinner | Human | women with gestational diabetes (GDM) | Standard care (30-min continuous walking most days per week) or PMW (daily 10-min walks after three main meals). | Diagnosis to Delivery: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Postmeal Walking in Women with Gestational Diabetes.cited 1× |
| advice to perform postmeal walking (PMW) | No effect - were similar | nocturnal glucose | Human | women with gestational diabetes (GDM) | Standard care (30-min continuous walking most days per week) or PMW (daily 10-min walks after three main meals). | Diagnosis to Delivery: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Postmeal Walking in Women with Gestational Diabetes.cited 1× |
| advice to perform postmeal walking (PMW) | No effect - did not improve | postprandial glucose outcomes | Human | women with gestational diabetes (GDM) | Standard care (30-min continuous walking most days per week) or PMW (daily 10-min walks after three main meals). | Diagnosis to Delivery: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Postmeal Walking in Women with Gestational Diabetes.cited 1× |
| walking intervention | Decreases - showed favourable effects | fasting glucose | Human | inactive but healthy participants ≥18 years old | Not specified | Effects of frequency, intensity, duration and volume of walking interventions on CVD risk factors: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis of randomised controlled trials among inactive healthy adults.cited 89× |
| walking exercise (WALK) | Decreases - caused consistent acute glycaemic declines | blood glucose | Human | adults with type 1 diabetes | Not specified. | Effects of postprandial exercise on blood glucose levels in adults with type 1 diabetes: a review.cited 7× |
| walking exercise | Decreases - reduced | blood glucose | Human | adults with type 1 diabetes | 30 minutes of walking performed 60 minutes after a standardized meal. | Glycemic Management Around Postprandial Exercise in People With Type 1 Diabetes: Challenge Accepted.cited 5× |
| daily walking intervention | Decreases - better improved | postprandial blood glucose levels | Human | pregnant women with GDM | Daily brisk walks or a daily walking intervention (specific duration/frequency not detailed). | Community-based non-pharmacological interventions for pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus: a systematic review.cited 8× |
| Breaking sitting with standing and light-intensity walking | Decreases - effectively improved | 24 h glucose levels | Human | individuals with type 2 diabetes | Sit Less regimen involved replacing 4.7 hours/day of sitting with standing (2.5 hours) and light-intensity walking (2.2 hours). | Breaking sitting with light activities vs structured exercise: a randomised crossover study demonstrating benefits for glycaemic control and insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetes.cited 126× |
| 30 min low-moderate-intensity treadmill walking followed immediately by ingestion of 20 g whey protein | Decreases - reduced | post-breakfast peak blood glucose | Human | centrally obese males | 20 g whey protein ingested immediately after exercise. | Whey protein consumption following fasted exercise reduces early postprandial glycaemia in centrally obese males: a randomised controlled trial.cited 4× |
| Nordic Walking exercise program | Decreases - showed a significant reduction | blood glucose | Human | overweight or obese postmenopausal women | Not specified (exercise programs involved 10-week sessions). | Effects of Nordic Walking and Pilates exercise programs on blood glucose and lipid profile in overweight and obese postmenopausal women in an experimental, nonrandomized, open-label, prospective controlled trial.cited 34× |
| Nordic Walking exercise program | Increases - causes statistically and clinically more significant changes | glucose and basic blood lipid levels | Human | overweight or obese postmenopausal women | Not specified (exercise programs involved 10-week sessions). | Effects of Nordic Walking and Pilates exercise programs on blood glucose and lipid profile in overweight and obese postmenopausal women in an experimental, nonrandomized, open-label, prospective controlled trial.cited 34× |
| 12-week walking intervention | Decreases - significant reductions | blood glucose | Human | older adults with both metabolic syndrome and MASLD | Low- to moderate-intensity walking for 30 min/day, 6 days/week (180 min total), with intensity adjusted based on heart rate (50-70% of VO₂max). | Effect of treadmill walking on cardiometabolic risk factors and liver function markers in older adults with MASLD: a randomized controlled trial. |
| Sitting interspersed with 5 min light walking bouts every 30 min | Decreases - reduced | blood glucose iAUC | Human | Thirty-four adults (18 women; 16 men; mean ± SD age, 40 ± 9 yr, body mass index, 24.5 ± 3 kg·m) | 5-minute light walking bouts every 30 minutes. | Fitness Moderates Glycemic Responses to Sitting and Light Activity Breaks.cited 33× |
| Sitting interspersed with 5 min light walking bouts every 30 min | Decreases - reduced | blood glucose iAUC | Human | a man at the 25th centile of CRF (42.5 mL·kg·min) | 5-minute light walking bouts every 30 minutes. | Fitness Moderates Glycemic Responses to Sitting and Light Activity Breaks.cited 33× |
| Sitting interspersed with 5 min light walking bouts every 30 min | Decreases - reduced | blood glucose iAUC | Human | a man at the 75th centile of CRF (60.5 mL·kg·min) | 5-minute light walking bouts every 30 minutes. | Fitness Moderates Glycemic Responses to Sitting and Light Activity Breaks.cited 33× |