http://calorielab.com/news/2005/12/28/s ... -strategy/Most people who skip a meal and its 300 to 600 calories usually increase how much they eat at other meals in the day by at least the same amount of calories. These people, like others who come to a meal overly hungry, tend to eat rapidly, which makes it difficult for them to sense when they’ve had enough.
People who skip meals may also snack more. Although the snacks might be small in size, they can add up to a substantial number of calories and replace the calories missed at a meal.
Skipping meals doesn’t work as diet strategy
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Skipping meals doesn’t work as diet strategy
Familiar stuff, but more authorititive from the American Institute for Cancer Research than from me: