Trial reportJournal of behavioral medicine2017
Effects of breakfast eating and eating frequency on body mass index and weight loss outcomes in adults enrolled in an obesity treatment program.
Trial report in Journal of behavioral medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- No Difference in Weight Loss, Glucose, Lipids and Vitamin D of Eggs for Breakfast Compared with Cereal for Breakfast during Energy Restriction.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Eating patterns in relation to anthropometrics and blood pressure among adults with overweight and obesity - a cross-sectional study.Upsala journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Association between daily eating frequency and mortality in people with diabetes: Findings from NHANES 1999-2014.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Eating breakfast is associated with weight loss during an intensive lifestyle intervention for overweight/obesity.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2022Article
- Eating Speed, Eating Frequency, and Their Relationships with Diet Quality, Adiposity, and Metabolic Syndrome, or Its Components.Nutrients · 2021Review
- Nutrition and Lifestyle Behavior Peer Support Program for Adults with Metabolic Syndrome: Outcomes and Lessons Learned from a Feasibility Trial.Nutrients · 2020Article
- Towards personalised molecular feedback for weight loss.BMC obesity · 2019Article
- Regularity of Breakfast Consumption and Diet: Insights from National Adult Nutrition Survey.Nutrients · 2018Article
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Abstract
This study examined the effects of breakfast eating and eating frequency on objectively assessed BMI and weight loss outcomes among adults enrolled in obesity treatment. Participants completed measures of breakfast eating and eating frequency before and after treatment and had their height and weight measured. Baseline breakfast eating and eating frequency were not associated with baseline BMI (p = .34, p = .45, respectively) and did not predict weight loss during treatment (p = .36, p = .58, respectively). From pre- to post-treatment, there was no significant change in eating frequency (p = .27) and changes in eating frequency had no impact on weight loss (r = -.08, p = .23). However, increases in breakfast eating during treatment were associated with significantly better weight loss outcomes (r = .26, p < .001). Among participants who increased breakfast eating, those who had either no change or a decrease in daily eating frequency were more likely to achieve a 5% weight loss compared to those who had an increase in daily eating frequency (p = .04). These results suggest that increasing breakfast eating, while simultaneously reducing or keeping eating frequency constant, may improve outcomes in obesity treatment. Experimental studies are needed to further elucidate these effects.
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