Less sedentary time is associated with a more favourable glucose-insulin axis in obese pregnant women-a secondary analysis of the DALI study.
Anna M DiebergerGernot DesoyeErwin StolzDavid J HillRosa CorcoyDavid SimmonsJuergen HarreiterAlexandra Kautzky-WillerFidelma DunneRoland DevliegerEwa Wender-OzegowskaAgnieszka ZawiejskaAnnunziata LapollaMaria Grazia DalfraAlessandra BertolottoSander GaljaardJuan M AdelantadoDorte Møller JensenLise-Lotte AndersenMette TanvigPeter DammElisabeth Reinhardt MathiesenFrank J SnoekJudith G M JelsmaMireille Nicoline Maria van PoppelPublished in: International journal of obesity (2005) (2020)
As the glucose-insulin axis is more strongly associated with ST than MVPA in our obese population, pregnant women could be advised to reduce ST in addition to increasing MVPA. Moreover, our findings suggest that behaviour change interventions aiming at GDM risk reduction should start in early or pre-pregnancy.