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Obesity associates highly with metabolic disorders including insulin resistance. To determine if two exercise prescriptions exert differential metabolic benefits in insulin sensitive tissues, we compared isocaloric programs of constant-moderate endurance (END) and high intensity interval training (HIIT), in a mouse model of diet-induced obesity. Male 10 week old C57BL/6 mice were fed a high fat diet (HFD; 45% kcal fat) ab libitum for 10 weeks, achieving 25% excess weight, and for a further 10 weeks they then underwent isocaloric END or HIIT (3x40min sessions/week). Untrained HFD and chow-fed mice acted as controls. At 30 weeks of age, mice were sacrificed and quadriceps muscle, subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and liver were excised. Neither END or HIIT altered the body weight or the fat/lean mass proportion in HFD mice. An insulin tolerance test (0.65 IU/kg*BW) showed HIIT but not END improved insulin sensitivity in HFD mice (p Disclosure S.F. Martinez-Huenchullan: None. L.A. Ban: None. L.F. Olaya: None. B.R. Maharjan: None. C. Tam: None. S. McLennan: None. S.M. Twigg: Advisory Panel; Self; Abbott. Consultant; Self; Abbott. Advisory Panel; Self; Novo Nordisk Inc., Sanofi-Aventis, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Eli Lilly and Company. Speaker9s Bureau; Self; AstraZeneca, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.. Other Relationship; Self; Abbott.