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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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

This study found that a high-protein yogurt snack made women feel less hungry and wait longer before eating again compared to fatty snacks like chocolate or crackers — but not always in every way, showing that what you snack on really matters.

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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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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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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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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.

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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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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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