A single one-minute, comfortable paced, stair-climbing bout reduces postprandial glucose following a mixed meal.

Abstract

Postprandial blood glucose (PBG) is an independent predictor of disease and mortality risk. To date, the shortest, single, moderate-intensity exercise intervention to reduce PBG is a 1 min bout of stair stepping during an oral glucose tolerance test. Whether this effect translates to real meal consumption is unknown.