A New Zealand study has found that regular, light exercises at night can be particularly effective for improving health by breaking the prolonged period of sitting time that tends to happen in the evening when people have their largest meals and consume the bulk of their online streaming services.
The researchers found that interrupting periods of sitting with short activity breaks lowered plasma glucose by 31.5 percent and reduced insulin by 27 percent.
Lead author Jennifer Gale from the University of Otago said that long periods of sitting are known to be associated with an increased risk of several diseases such as diabetes and heart disease….