The effects of exercise training on postprandial glycemia and insulinemia in adults with overweight or obesity and with cardiometabolic disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors' conclusion
In adults with overweight or obesity and with cardiometabolic disorders, exercise training is effective for reducing PPG and PPI, across ages and BMIs, irrespective of baseline glucose levels and exercise training characteristics.
Study context
- Population
- Adults with overweight or obesity (body mass indexes (BMI) ≥ 25 kg.m²) and with cardiometabolic disorders; databases searched until May 2022
- Participants
- 1,401 adults29 studies41 arms
- Comparison
- Exercise training vs control
- Outcome
- Postprandial glycemia (PPG) and insulinemia (PPI)
Methodological detailsrandom effects models, subgroup analyses, meta-regression
- Random effects models
- Subgroup analyses
- Meta-regression
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
Each group vs controlEstimate (95 % CI)P value
Exercise training
SMD (PPG) −0.36(−0.50 to −0.22)
P = 0.001Exercise training
SMD (PPI) −0.37(−0.52 to −0.21)
P = 0.001Further pooled results
Subgroups by exercise type
- PPG decreased after both aerobic and resistance training; PPI reduced after aerobic training, independent of age, BMI and baseline glucose
Meta-regression: session frequency, intervention duration, exercise time
- Did not moderate effects on PPI or PPG
- P > 0.05
Original publication
The effects of exercise training on postprandial glycemia and insulinemia in adults with overweight or obesity and with cardiometabolic disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. Published 3 June 2023. doi:10.
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