Eat Early, Weigh Less?

NOT JUST HOW MUCH You eat may make a difference in how much you weigh WHEN

TWO GROUPS 1400 CALORIES Breakfast priority A diet prioritizing breakfast Dinner priority A diet prioritizing dinner

Lunch 500 Calories Dinner 200 Calories 700 Calories THE "BREAKFAST DIET"

Lunch 500 Calories Dinner 700 Calories 200 Calories THE "DINNER DIET"

Elevated blood pressure, blood sugar, and/or blood triglycerides Increased waist size METABOLIC SYNDROME LOW HDL

WEIGHT LOSS Breakfast diet – lost 18 Pounds Dinner diet – lost 8 Pounds

WEIGHT LOSS Triglycerides fell by 34% - Breakfast diet Worsened by 15% - Dinner diet HDL improved Breakfast diet

Blood sugar and Waist size OTHER BENEFITS But more so on the breakfast diet The women on the breakfast diet Were less hungry

Other studies have reached the same conclusion THINK IT THROUGH If you need to lose weight you have nothing to lose (except weight)

Obesity 2013, doi: /oby.20460, as written in Nutrition Action Healthletter, September 2013, p 9. CREDITS