Giving children their biggest meals at lunch and dinner-time could be making them fat, research suggests. Experts found making lunch and dinner more calorie-dense had an impact on weight years later. They looked at a sample of 1,961 children and analysed three-day food diaries at age four, before examining weight at age seven. A relatively higher intake of fat at lunch also increased the risk of a child being overweight or obese at the age of seven by 17 per cent. The team warned that skipping breakfast and eating later in the day could have a detrimental effect on children’s body weight.

Source: Daily Mail April 28, 2019 22:29 UTC