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SewCream/ShutterstockBreakfast is the most important meal of the day, right? So why not have two? Theres a growing trend promoting a second breakfast as a weight-loss mechanism. The idea: If you eat more in the morning, youll be less likely to snack at night, when, according to research, its harder to burn off calories. Now theres research adding weight to this claim.

A study conducted by researchers at Yale and the University of Connecticut suggests that eating something small to jump-start your metabolism followed by a slightly larger meal an hour or two later can keep you satiated until lunchtime and help prevent overeating throughout the rest of the day. The study, published in the journal Pediatric Obesity, tracked the weight and breakfast-eating patterns of students from 12 randomly selected urban area schools over the course of two years. The team looked at six different eating patterns: frequent breakfast skippers, inconsistent school eaters, inconsistent home eaters, frequent school eaters, frequent home eaters, and double-breakfast eaters. They found that it was the frequent breakfast skippers who showed increased odds of becoming overweight or obese compared to the double-breakfast eaters.

Osinga suggests frontloading the beginning of your day with food to avoid this. I think the idea of a second breakfast is a great idea. We are most active during the first two-thirds of our day anyway, and need more energy from food during this time. She suggests having a banana with peanut butter or protein bar as your first breakfast, and then a mini veggie egg breakfast muffin or berry with oats over Greek yogurt for a second breakfast.

Registered dietitian Marisa Moore advises people to proceed with caution. Its important to eat when youre hungry and the idea of a second breakfast is not very different than a mid-morning snack. If you choose to eat a breakfast and snack or second breakfast, just keep the portions in check, she says. You might even simply split your usual breakfast in half to satisfy hunger when it strikes. Have half an egg sandwich upon waking and the other half mid-morning. Cut a nut butter or avocado toast in half and do the same.

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