Relationships of Changes in Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior With Changes in Physical Fitness and Cardiometabolic Risk Profile in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes: The Italian Diabetes and Exercise Study 2 (IDES_2)

In the Italian Diabetes and Exercise Study_2 (IDES_2), behavioral counseling promoted a sustained increase in physical activity (PA) volume (+3.3 MET h ⋅ week-1), moderate- to vigorous-intensity PA (MVPA) (+6.4 min ⋅ day-1), and light-intensity PA (LPA) (+0.8 h ⋅ day-1) and decrease in sedentary time (SED-time) (-0.8 h ⋅ day-1). Here, we investigated the relationships of changes in PA/SED-time with changes in physical fitness and cardiometabolic...