An Evening Activity Breaks Intervention for Improvement of Glucose, Blood Pressure, and Sleep: A Pilot Study in Free‐Living Adults
Authors' conclusion
Increases in the number of activity breaks performed in the evening can be achieved and were accompanied by small improvements in sleep quality.
Study context
- Population
- Free-living adults; mean age 34 ± 12 years, 18 femalecompleted
- Participants
- 20 adults
- Outcome
- Number of activity breaks performed in the evening at home
- Follow-up
- During the 2-week intervention
Methodological detailssingle-group, theory-informed intervention, free-living
- Single-group
- Theory-informed intervention
- Free-living
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Self-reported activity breaks per evening · during the intervention
Evening activity breaks intervention
3.6
mean · activity breaks per evening
Further findings
Objective sedentary time, sleep, physical activity and glycaemic outcomes
- Little change in objective measures of sedentary time, sleep, physical activity and glycaemic outcomes
Sleep disturbances (PSQI)
- Reduction in sleep disturbances
- −0.35 (95% CI −0.6 to −0.1)
Capability, opportunity and motivation to interrupt evening sitting
- Improved automatic motivation; capability, opportunity and reflective motivation unchanged
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Original publication
An Evening Activity Breaks Intervention for Improvement of Glucose, Blood Pressure, and Sleep: A Pilot Study in Free‐Living Adults. Diabetes Obes Metab. Published 3 August 2026. doi:10.
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