Even though the yogurt snack wasn’t as tasty as the chocolate or crackers, it still made women less hungry and made them eat less later.

Scientific Claim

In healthy women aged 27 ± 2 years with normal BMI (23.4 ± 0.7 kg/m²), the palatability of a 160-kcal high-protein yogurt snack (70 ± 10 mm) is lower than that of high-fat crackers or chocolate (80 ± 5 mm and 80 ± 10 mm), yet it still produced superior appetite control.

Original Statement

“Snack Palatability (mm): Yogurt 70 ± 10, Crackers 80 ± 5, Chocolate 80 ± 10”

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

Evidence Quality Assessment

Claim Status

appropriately stated

Study Design Support

Design supports claim

Appropriate Language Strength

definitive

Can make definitive causal claims

Assessment Explanation

Palatability was directly measured and reported with means and SDs; the contrast with physiological outcomes is accurately described and supported.

Evidence from Studies

Supporting (1)

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

Even though the yogurt didn’t taste as good as the crackers or chocolate, it made the women feel fuller longer and they ate less at dinner — proving that taste isn’t everything when it comes to controlling hunger.

Contradicting (0)

No contradicting evidence found

Source Study

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

Similar Assertions

This study only looked at what happened after one snack, so we don’t know if eating yogurt every afternoon helps with weight loss over time.

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The yogurt snack was much less dense in calories per gram than the chocolate or crackers, which might help explain why it kept people fuller longer.

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Women ate about 100 fewer calories at dinner after eating yogurt than after chocolate, but this difference was just shy of being statistically significant.

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Other studies have found mixed results when testing protein snacks, meaning the effect isn’t always the same—it depends on what kind of snack and who’s eating it.

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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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