Even though a yogurt snack and a cracker snack had the same calories, women ate less at dinner after the yogurt—yet they didn’t feel less hungry than after the crackers.
Scientific Claim
In healthy women aged 27 ± 2 years with normal BMI (23.4 ± 0.7 kg/m²), a 160-kcal high-protein yogurt snack reduces dinner intake by approximately 100 kcal compared to a 160-kcal high-fat cracker snack (p < 0.05), but no significant difference in hunger reduction was observed between these two snacks.
Original Statement
“The yogurt snack led to approximately 100 fewer kcals consumed at dinner vs. the crackers (p = 0.08) and chocolate (p < 0.05)... No differences in afternoon hunger AUC were detected between the yogurt vs. crackers”
Evidence Quality Assessment
Claim Status
appropriately stated
Study Design Support
Design supports claim
Appropriate Language Strength
definitive
Can make definitive causal claims
Assessment Explanation
The RCT design supports causal inference for intake differences, and the lack of hunger difference is accurately reported as non-significant (p = 0.08 for intake, NS for hunger).
Evidence from Studies
Supporting (1)
Effects of high-protein vs. high- fat snacks on appetite control, satiety, and eating initiation in healthy women
The study found that eating a high-protein yogurt snack made women eat about 100 fewer calories at dinner than when they ate high-fat crackers, even though both snacks had the same calories — and it didn’t show one snack made them feel less hungry than the other.