Studies have shown over and over again that people who eat breakfast in the morning routinely think more quickly before lunch, have lower stress levels throughout the day, and actually eat less over the course of the day.
Research conducted by Heather Leidy, assistant professor specialising in appetite control at the University of Missouri Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, found that overweight ‘breakfast skipping’ teens who eat a protein-rich breakfast feel fuller longer and are less hungry throughout the day compared to when they skip breakfast or consume a normal breakfast. Even more interesting, she said, are brain scan findings illustrating that eating a protein-rich breakfast reduces the need to snack due to food motivation and food reward urges.
