Date of Graduation
5-2014
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science Education
Degree Level
Undergraduate
Department
Health, Human Performance and Recreation
Advisor/Mentor
Gray, Michelle R.
Committee Member/Reader
Baum, Jamie
Committee Member/Second Reader
Fort, Inza L.
Abstract
Obesity is a rising epidemic in the United States and the type of macronutrients consumed at breakfast serves an important role to decrease the statistics. This study analyzed whether a carbohydrate or protein breakfast affected the amount of calories consumed during an ad libitum lunch buffet. Both boys and girls, aged 8 to 12, were screened to participate. Each participant consumed either a carbohydrate or a protein breakfast on two separate occasions. The subject was then presented with an ad libitum lunch buffet and was instructed to eat until they were full. The food consumed was weighed and logged. The results of this study determined that there was no significant difference in the amount of calories consumed during lunch, after a carbohydrate or protein breakfast.
Keywords
Carbohydrate; Protein; Breakfast
Citation
Galey, M. R. (2014). Analysis of How a Carbohydrate or Protein Breakfast Influences Caloric Intake at Lunch. Health, Human Performance and Recreation Undergraduate Honors Theses Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/hhpruht/1
