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.

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Effects of high-protein vs. high- fat snacks on appetite control, satiety, and eating initiation in healthy women

Randomized Controlled Trial

Human

2014 Sep 29

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.

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Effects of high-protein vs. high- fat snacks on appetite control, satiety, and eating initiation in healthy women

Score: 46

DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-13-97

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