The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of 4 days of sitting and moderate exercise on plasma triglyceride elevation after a meal.
Subjects will undergo three weeks (two intervention, one washout) of testing during which they will participate in two conditions: 1) prolonged sitting (\~14-hours/day) with a 1-hour bout of acute exercise at 65% of pre-intervention VO2max and 2) prolonged sitting (\~14-hours/day) without an acute bout of exercise. During each intervention week, subjects will have 2 days of dietary and activity control, followed by 4 days during which prolonged sitting will occur. On the evening of the 4th day, subjects in the exercise group will perform the acute bout of exercise. On day 5, all subjects will undergo a lipid tolerance test to determine the body's ability to clear triglycerides from the blood as well as insulin/glucose response and substrate oxidation. Blood samples will be assayed for the previously mentioned substances and postprandial gas collection will be analyzed via indirect calorimetry.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
10
Subjects will have a 2-day control period during which step count and diet will be controlled for and recreated for the other trial. Following this 2-day period, they will undergo the prolonged sitting trial with the acute bout of exercise on day 4. Day 5 will consist of the lipid tolerance test to determine the ability of the body to clear triglycerides.
Subjects will have a 2-day control period during which step count and diet will be controlled for and recreated for the other trial. Following this 2-day period, they will undergo the prolonged sitting trial, but will not be asked to complete an acute bout of exercise on day 4. Day 5 will consist of the lipid tolerance test to determine the ability of the body to clear triglycerides.
University of Texas at Austin Human Performance Laboratory
Austin, Texas, United States
Plasma Triglycerides
Areas under the curve for triglyceride concentration will be calculated for hourly samples from a 6-hour lipid tolerance test
Time frame: 6-hours
Plasma Insulin
Areas under the curve for insulin concentration will be calculated for hourly samples from a 6-hour lipid tolerance test
Time frame: 6-hours
Plasma Glucose
Areas under the curve for glucose concentration will be calculated for hourly samples from a 6-hour lipid tolerance test
Time frame: 6-hours
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