April 13/London/Daily Mail -- Researchers at the University of Nottingham have found that skipping breakfast leads to increased food intake later in the day. The study, published in the Journal of Nutrition, also shows how eating breakfast can affect metabolic and hormonal responses to subsequent meals.
In an environment of rising obesity prevalence, eating breakfast has been recommended as a strategy for helping to achieve a healthy weight. However, it is unclear whether body weight is directly influenced by breakfast consumption or if this link is a consequence of other factors. To explore this further, the Nottingham research team compared the effects of consuming breakfast versus skipping breakfast on subsequent energy intake and appetite in 12 healthy men.