TY - JOUR AU - Rodriguez-Hernandez, Mynor AU - McDonald, James R. AU - W. Wadsworth, Danielle PY - 2021/03/26 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Continuous or intermittent walking, the effect on glycated hemoglobin in sedentary employees during 10-week intervention JF - International Journal of Physical Education, Fitness and Sports JA - Int. J. Phys. Educ. Fit. Sports VL - 10 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.34256/IJPEFS2114 UR - https://ijpefs.org/index.php/ijpefs/article/view/294 SP - 24-33 AB - <p>To examine long term changes on glycated hemoglobin in sedentary employees exposed to two different walking programs during a 10-week intervention. A total of 68 sedentary employees participated in a 10-week walking intervention and were randomly assigned to one of three groups: intermittent walking, continuous walking or control group. Hemoglobin A1cNOW+ device tested glycated hemoglobin and accelerometry assessed physical activity. Results showed glycated hemoglobin significantly decreased over the ten weeks (5.82±0.49, 5.66±0.44) F(1,64) =4.229, p=.044) in the continuous walking group. Post-Hoc test showed the continuous walking group was significantly affected, F=8.463, p=.009, with a large size effect n2=.297. There were no changes within the intermittent group (5.69±0.63, 5.63±0.6) or control group (5.59±0.6, 5.6±0.54) (p&gt;0.05). Accelerometry showed a main effect of time by group interaction F(4,124) =4.688, p=0.001). Post-Hoc indicated that the continuous walking group took significantly longer bouts of moderate to vigorous intensity walking at week-6 compared to pre-test (p=0.006) at this could have influenced the results, there were no changes in the length of bouts in the intermittent or control groups (p&gt;0.05). Sedentary employees who perform a moderate intensity continuous walking program show benefits in controlling blood glucose, thereby, reducing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.</p> ER -