People who eat their largest, most calorie-rich meal at breakfast are more likely to lose weight and have a lower risk of developing diseases linked with body weight such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol, according to a study by Tel Aviv University.
Researcher Daniela Jakubowicz and her colleagues studied 93 obese women who were randomly assigned to one of two regimented eating plans. All of the women consumed 1,400 calories a day in a moderate-carbohydrate and moderate-fat diet for 12 weeks. One group consumed 700 calories at breakfast, 500 at lunch and 200 at dinner, while the other group inverted the order, consuming only 200 calories at breakfast, 500 at lunch and 700 at dinner.
The 700-calorie breakfast and dinner included the same foods, including items such as chocolate cake and cookies.
Both test groups showed weight loss after 12 weeks of a restricted calorie diet, but by the end of the study period, women who consumed the big breakfast diet lost an average of 17.8 pounds and three inches off their waistline. The big dinner group lost an average of 7.3 pounds and 1.4 inches off the waistline.
Read more at Nature World News.
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I would argue that it’s not the big breakfast that caused more weight loss, it’s the big dinner that caused less.
Eating carbs at night when your activities are done, and you’re just going to sleep with them could be the culprit.
Nothing to do with breakfast per se.
(Bear in mind I am not a professional nutritionist, just a guy trying to shrink his belly!)