, underscoring the macronutrient’s central role in the growing public health crisis and possible interventions that could help people eat better.The amount of protein eaten during the first meal of the day has a profound influence on what people went on to eat at subsequent meals, researchers found, according to a study of self-reported national survey data on nutrition and physical activity covering more than 9,300 Australians.
Those eating low levels of protein in the first meal ate more at subsequent meals and tended to eat more energy-dense processed foods high in saturated fats, sugars, salt or alcohol, the researchers found, as well as eating less recommended food groups like grains, vegetables and fruit.
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