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US adults found to eat a meal's worth of calories in snacks each day (medicalxpress.com)

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Snacks constitute almost a quarter of a day's calories in U.S. adults and account for about one-third of daily added sugar, a new study suggests.

Researchers analyzing data from surveys of over 20,000 people found that Americans averaged about 400 to 500 calories in snacks a day—often more than what they consumed at breakfast—that offered little nutritional value.

Though dietitians are very aware of Americans' propensity to snack, "the magnitude of the impact isn't realized until you actually look at it," said senior study author Christopher Taylor, professor of medical dietetics in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at The Ohio State University.

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[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I agree. I have been intermittent fasting (only eat during an 8 hour period each day) for about 5 years now and usually only have two meals but just getting most people to stop the endless snacking was would be a big win.

Telling people to actually allow yourself to be hungry now and then and not run to the fridge is way to scary.

Many people eat out of habit or what I call emotional eating, rather than when they are actually hungry.

[–] rdyoung@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Same here. I drive for a living and get out of the house early as hell. If I do have something for breakfast like McDonald's I usually try to push it until 10am or so. Most of the time though I don't eat anything for breakfast and sometimes not much for lunch. I keep jerky and meat sticks around for a hunger quench when I feel like I need something.

Intermittent fasting or even one meal a day is the ultimate way to regulate blood sugar and there is something about fasting that has you burning even more calories when you enter ketosis even when you get all of your calories and maybe more in one meal at the end of the day.