INTRODUCTION
obesity, Metabolic disorders, impaired fasting glucose, CVD, abdominal obesity, T2DM
OBESITY, METABOLIC DISORDERS, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, CVD, CHRONIC DISEASES, INSULIN RESISTANCE, TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS
Metabolic disorders are typically characterized by a constellation of clinical features including abdominal obesity, insulin resistance and/or impaired fasting glucose, and high blood pressure, which are known to increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) (Ford, According to the carbohydrate–insulin model of obesity, the intake of high‐glycemic carbohydrates results in elevated postprandial insulin responses, which are believed to promote body fat accumulation, in turn increasing hunger and energy intake (Blundell & Macdiarmid, Efforts to manage chronic diseases have led to attempts to change lifestyle behaviors, and physical exercise has been found to be one of the most important health‐promoting behaviors (Ramírez‐Vélez et al., Performing repeated bouts of high‐intensity “sprint”‐type exercise over several weeks or months induces profound changes in skeletal muscle (Blue et al., Few studies have investigated the acute effect of exercise on people with overweight/obesity, a group that includes the majority of the Colombian adult population, owing to their sedentary behavior and poor health and diet (Ferrari et al., 