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Standing-based office work shows encouraging signs of attenuating post-prandial glycaemic excursion

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Buckley, John P, Mellor, Duane D, Morris, Michael, Joseph, Franklin·2014·Occupational and Environmental Medicine
DOI 10.1136/oemed-2013-101823
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OBJECTIVES: The main aim of this study was to compare two days of continuous monitored capillary blood glucose (CGM) responses to sitting and standing in normally desk-based workers. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: This open repeated-measures study took place in a real office environment, during normal working hours and subsequent CGM overnight measures in 10 participants aged 21-61 years (8 female). MAIN OUTCOMES: Postprandial (lunch) measures of: CGM, accelerometer movement counts (MC) heart rate, energy expenditure (EE) and overnight CGM following one afternoon of normal sitting work compared with one afternoon of the same work performed at a standing desk. RESULTS: Area-under-the-curve analysis revealed an attenuated blood glucose excursion by 43% (p=0.022) following 185 min of standing (143, 95% CI 5.09 to 281.46 mmol/L min) compared to sitting work (326; 95% CI 228 to 425 mmol/L min). Compared to sitting, EE during an afternoon of standing work was 174 kcals greater (0.83 kcals/min; p=0.028). The accelerometer MC showed no differences between the afternoons of seated versus standing work; reported differences were thus a function of the standing work and not from additional physical movements around the office. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first known 'office-based' study to provide CGM measures that add some of the needed mechanistic information to the existing evidence-base on why avoiding sedentary behaviour at work could lead to a reduced risk of cardiometabolic diseases.

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  • One study using continuous glucose monitors found blood sugars after standing for an afternoon of 185 minutes were reduced by 43% compared with sitting.

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Authors
Buckley, J. P., Mellor, D. D., Morris, M., & Joseph, F.
Affiliations
  • University of Chester (GB)
  • University of Nottingham (GB)
  • Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
Corresponding author
Buckley, John P
ORCID
Venue
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Publisher
BMJ
Published
2013-12-02
Volume
71
Issue
2
Pages
109-111
ISSN
  • 0007-1072 (ISSN-L)
  • 1351-0711
  • 1470-7926
DOI
10.1136/oemed-2013-101823
OpenAlex
W2168710749
Cited by
124
References
12
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 19 · 2017: 25 · 2016: 17 · 2015: 17 · 2014: 11
FWCI
10.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • Occupational and Environmental Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
Funders
University of Chester
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Research
Keywords
standing work, sitting work, blood glucose, energy expenditure, sedentary behavior, office workers, continuous glucose monitoring, cardiometabolic risk
MeSH terms
Adult, Blood Glucose, Energy Metabolism, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Posture, Workplace, Area Under Curve, Young Adult, Sedentary Behavior

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