People who eat fewer meals (1–2 per day) tend to have lower body weight than those who eat 3 or more meals.

People who eat just one or two meals a day tend to gain less weight each year than those who eat three meals a day, even if they’re eating the same amount of food.

The more snacks or meals people eat in a day beyond three, the more weight they tend to gain each year — even if it’s just a little bit each year.

People who eat their biggest meal in the morning tend to gain less weight each year than those who eat their biggest meal at night — and those who eat it at lunch fall somewhere in between.

People who eat breakfast every day tend to gain less weight each year than those who skip it — even if they eat the same total calories.