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Delayed Dinner, Exercise and Glucose Metabolism

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Delayed Dinner
Normal Dinner
Exercise Plus Delayed Dinner
Registration Number
NCT05795205
Lead Sponsor
National Taiwan Normal University
Brief Summary

This study aims to investigate whether exercise can alleviate the impact of delayed dinner on metabolic health next morning in sedentary healthy adults

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
Male
Target Recruitment
12
Inclusion Criteria
  • Physical inactive males
  • Weight stable for more than 3 months (no change in weight +/- 3%)
  • Non-smoker
  • Able to walk comfortably on a treadmill
  • Dinner consumers with normal sleep pattern (cycles)
Exclusion Criteria
  • Personal history of/existing diabetes, cardiovascular disease, metabolic disease or dyslipidaemia
  • Taking medications that may influence lipid or carbohydrate metabolism or immune system function
  • Unable to take part in exercise for any reason (e.g., injury or disability) or a positive response to any questions on the Physical Activity Readiness questionnaire (PAR-Q)

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Metabolic health (Oral glucose tolerance test, OGTT)120 minutes

Fasting and postprandial blood insulin responses on next morning between trials

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
HRVBaseline

Heart rate variability on next morning between trial

InflammationBaseline

Fasting inflammatory biomarkers (IL-6, TNF-a, CRP) on next morning between trials

Blood pressure120 minutes

Changes in blood pressure (systolic and diastolic blood pressure) on next morning between trials

Visual analogue scale (VSA)120 minutes

Changes in VAS from 0-100 mm (e.g., appetite \& mood, etc.) on next morning between trials

Substate oxidation120 minutes

Lipid and carbohydrate oxidation during OGTT between trials

Appetite (lunch intake)30 minutes

Ab libitum energy intake on next morning by the end of trial

Gut hormones120 minutes

Changes in blood gut hormones responses on next morning (e.g., GLP-1, PYY and GIP) between trials

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Taiwan Normal University

🇨🇳

Taipei, Taiwan

National Taiwan Normal University
🇨🇳Taipei, Taiwan
Yung-Chih Chen, PhD
Contact
yc.chen@ntnu.edu.tw

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