Want to reduce that ever-burgeoning waistline? Make breakfast the largest meal of the day as it may help maintain your body mass index (BMI), researchers say.<\/p>\n
A study showed that people who ate more than three meals daily and made dinner their largest meal were at the risk of developing a higher BMI-associated with increased of risks of various diseases.<\/p>\n
Eating breakfast and lunch, skipping supper, avoiding snacks, making breakfast the largest meal of the day and fasting overnight for up to 18 hours may be the practical weight-management strategy, said Hana Kahleova, from Loma Linda University (LLU) in California.<\/p>\n
The findings confirm the ancient nutritional maxim \u201ceat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper\u201d, Kahleova added.<\/p>\n
For the study, published in the Journal of Nutrition, the team examined more than 50,000 participants.<\/p>\n
Irrespective of meal pattern, there was, on average, an increase in weight gain year-by-year until participants reached the age of 60. After 60, most participants experienced a weight loss each year, said co-author Gary Fraser, Professor at LLU.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore age 60, those eating calories earlier in the day had less weight gain,\u201d Fraser said, adding that after age 60, the same behaviour tended to produce a larger rate of weight loss than average.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver decades, the total effect would be very important,\u201d Fraser said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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