Analysis of How a Carbohydrate or Protein Breakfast Influences Caloric Intake at Lunch
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: Obesity is a rising epidemic in the United States and the type of macronutrients consumed at breakfast serves an important role to decrease the statistics. This study analyzed whether a carbohydrate or protein breakfast affected the amount of calories consumed during an ad libitum lunch buffet. Both boys and girls, aged 8 to 12, were screened to participate. Each participant consumed either a carbohydrate or a protein breakfast on two separate occasions. The subject was then presented with an ad libitum lunch buffet and was instructed to eat until they were full. The food consumed was weighed and logged. The results of this study determined that there was no significant difference in the amount of calories consumed during lunch, after a carbohydrate or protein breakfast.
Author: Madeline Rae Galey
Language: English
Subfield: Nutrition and Dietetics
Field: Nursing
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2227040565