Higher Eating Frequency Does Not Decrease Appetite in Healthy Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Consumption of small, frequent meals is suggested as an effective approach to control appetite and food intake and might be a strategy for weight loss or healthy weight maintenance. Despite much speculation on the topic, scientific evidence is limited to support such a relation in the absence of changes to diet composition.

Objective

We examined the effects of high compared with low eating frequency (EF) on self-reported appetite as a secondary outcome in a controlled trial.

Methods

We conducted a randomized, crossover intervention trial in 12 participants (4 men, 8 women) who completed 2 isocaloric 3-wk intervention phases of low EF (3 eating occasions/d) compared with high EF (8 eating occasions/d). On the last morning of each study phase, participants co

SUBMITTER: Perrigue MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4700979 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature