SNP12: The Big Breakfast Study
Sigma Nutrition Radio
Danny Lennon
4.8 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
In October 2022, Ruddick-Collins et al. published results of an RCT looking at the impact of different calorie distributions across the day. This study was from the ‘Big Breakfast Study’ project, primarily from the University of Aberdeen.
In this study, 30 subjects underwent two 4-week calorie-restricted diets that were matched for calories. One diet was “morning-loaded”, meaning that daily calories were distributed as 45% at breakfast, 35% at lunch, and 20% at dinner. The other was “evening-loaded”, with an opposing calorie distribution; i.e., 20% at breakfast, 35% at lunch, and 45% at dinner.
The trial received a lot of commentaries online after it was published. However, much of it lacked sufficient context, nuance, and understanding of the implications.
In this episode, Dr. Alan Flanagan, who was one of the researchers involved in some of the work of the Big Breakfast Study, gives an insight into the recently published paper by Ruddick-Collins et al., and highlights some important aspects to be aware of.
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| 1:12.0 | we're going to be having a research study breakdown delivered by Dr. Alan Flanagan, |
| 1:18.4 | where he's going to take a recently published study that made a lot of headlines and go |
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| 1:56.4 | Today we're going to take a look at a specific study in the context of a wider topic of whether |
| 2:08.1 | there is any advantage to high energy intakes in the morning at breakfast compared to high energy intakes in the evening. |
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