ADA	American Diabetes Association
AREC	Animal Research Ethics Committee
Akt	Protein kinase B
AUC	Area under the curve
BRU	Biomedical Research Unit
ELISA	Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
BMI	Body mass index
HbA1C	Glycated haemoglobin
FG	Fasting glucose
IFG	Impaired fasting glucose
IGT	Impaired glucose tolerance
OGTT	Oral glucose tolerance test
GLUT4	Glucose transporter 4
IRS1	Insulin receptor substrate 1
IRS2	Insulin receptor substrate 2
PI3K	Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
R	Reverse
F	Forward
mTORC 1	Mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1
HOMA-IR	Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance
IF	Intermittent fasting
HFHC	High-fat, high-carbohydrate
TRF	Time-restricted feeding
T2DM	Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Met	Metformin
SEM	Standard error of mean
NPD	Non-prediabetic
PD	Prediabetes
GAPDH	Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
RT-qPCR	Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction
cDNA	Complementary deoxyribonucleic acid
RNA	Ribonucleic acid
WHO	World Health Organization
GLUT2	Glucose transporter 2