Murdoch Announcements & Events

  • Login

Exercise training and glucose control research study

posted 27 January 2015 | Staff Announcement - (staff)

Is 2015 your year for good health? Look no further! We are inviting participants who are overweight or obese, aged 18-44 to take part in a FREE supervised training study.

Exercise is well regarded to be beneficial to health in reducing the risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes by improving insulin sensitivity.

We are investigating the effectiveness of two training programs on general health outcomes (fitness and body composition) and also those related to type 2 diabetes (insulin sensitivity and immune function).

We are recruiting male individuals who are:

  • Aged between 18-44 years old
  • BMI greater than 25
  • Currently sedentary or lightly active

Additional inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply upon further screening. This study may not suitable to individuals who are smokers and have or have recently been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

What’s involved?

  • Attend supervised exercise sessions at Murdoch University, three times per week over 12 weeks
  • Body composition analysis, fitness assessment and to provide blood samples on five occasions over 12 weeks.

If you are interested, please contact Aaron Raman:

A.Raman@murdoch.edu.au

This study ahs been approved yb the Murdoch University Human Research Ethics Commitee, Permit Nuber: 2014/170

 Photo Credits: Getty Images