128-Teen Study Finds 30g Protein Breakfast Cuts Sugar and Lifts Nutrient Intake
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Updated · health.yahoo.com · Aug 6
128-Teen Study Finds 30g Protein Breakfast Cuts Sugar and Lifts Nutrient Intake
3 articles · Updated · health.yahoo.com · Aug 6
Summary
128 teens ages 14 to 21 who usually skipped breakfast consumed more fiber, iron, zinc and choline after starting breakfast, while overall calorie intake stayed roughly unchanged.
30 grams of protein at breakfast delivered the strongest gains, with the high-protein group also cutting added sugar more than teens who ate a 15-gram breakfast or kept skipping.
Both breakfast groups ate fewer desserts, sweets and candy across the day, based on a tightly controlled trial in which researchers prepared more than 18,000 meals and participants ate provided foods over 90% of the time.
Nutrition 2026 featured the findings in late July, but the study has not yet been peer-reviewed; researchers next plan to test whether higher-protein breakfasts reduce cravings and "food noise" in young adults and people stopping GLP-1 drugs.