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CNN News Sept. 2, 2022

Just 2 minutes of walking after eating can help blood sugar, study says

Getting up and moving after you eat -- even if it's only for two minutes -- can help control blood sugar levels, a new study says. If you can't do that, try standing. It helps, too.

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Sports Med JAN. 1, 2022

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

AJ Buffey et al

Frequent short interruptions of standing significantly attenuated postprandial glucose compared to prolonged sitting; however, light-intensity walking was found to repres …

Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) SEPT. 19, 2017

Exercise after You Eat: Hitting the Postprandial Glucose Target

ML Erickson et al

We discuss a novel hypothesis: the effect size of postmeal exercise for attenuating postprandial glucose will be a function of the exercise bout vs. the size of the postp …

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Exercise for 3 Minutes, Every Half-Hour, to Counter the Ill Effects of Sitting

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Poor sleep linked with higher blood sugar levels in African Americans

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