date:May 21, 2012
The American Egg Board-funded study found that eating high quality protein (eggs) for breakfast leads to greater satiety and a lower calorie intake at lunchtime than a lower quality protein (cereal) breakfast.
It was presented at the 19th European Congress on Obesity in Lyon, France, last week.
A previous study by the same researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center demonstrated that an egg breakfast, compared to a bagel breakfast of similar calories, increased feelings of fullness