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Morning meals provide greatest satiety: eating breakfast may help decrease total daily food intake.(Clinical Rounds)

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| September 01, 2004 | Finn, Robert | COPYRIGHT 2004 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Your mother was right: Breakfast really is the most important meal of the day, at least as far as reducing total food intake goes.

People who eat a higher proportion of their total daily food during the morning hours have a significantly lower total intake than those who eat more food later in the day, according to a study conducted by John M. de Castro, Ph.D., of the University of Texas at El Paso.

Dr. de Castro studied 867 individuals who completed detailed food diaries over a 7-day period. To guard against inaccurate reporting, investigators asked two individuals who ate with the participants to verify the reported intake (J. Nutr. 134[1]:104-11, 2004).

As expected, the total intake of food varied significantly throughout the day, with peaks in the morning and evening hours. Meal size increased throughout the day, while the interval between meals decreased.

This indicates that the subjects were less satiated by each successive meal as ...

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