上班族的早餐總是吃得匆匆忙忙，而晚上又少不了聚餐宵夜，時間充裕讓人禁不住大吃一頓。最新研究表明，如果不想讓體重飆升，人們應該在早餐吃最飽，晚餐吃最少。
Eating a big breakfast could help you burn double the amount of calories than if you eat a larger meal at dinner.
與一頓豐盛的晚餐相比，吃一頓豐盛的早餐可以幫助你燃燒兩倍的卡路裡。
It could be the key to losing weight while also keeping blood sugar levels steady, researchers at Lübeck University in Germany said.
德國呂貝克大學的研究人員稱，這可能是幫你減肥，同時也能保持血糖水平穩定的關鍵。
Their study found filling up in the morning boosts a metabolism process known as diet-induced thermogenesis (DIT).
研究人員發現，早上吃飽可以促進食物誘導產熱這一新陳代謝過程。
thermogenesis[,θɜːmə(ʊ)'dʒenɪsɪs]：n.產熱，生熱作用
DIT refers to the number of calories the body expends to heat the body and digest food. It was shown to be twice as high for those who ate more at breakfast than at dinner.
食物誘導產熱指的是身體為保暖和消化食物而消耗的熱量。研究表明，與晚餐吃得多的人相比，早餐吃得多的人食物誘導產熱是其兩倍。
On the other hand, a low-calorie breakfast increases appetite, especially for sweets, the researchers admitted.
另一方面，研究人員承認，低卡路裡的早餐會增加食慾，尤其是對甜食的渴望。
The findings published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism were based on a laboratory experiment of 16 men.
共有16名男性參加了這項試驗，研究結果發表在《臨床內分泌與代謝雜誌》上。
They consumed a low and high calorie breakfast and dinner one day - and then vice versa on another.
他們在一天中分別攝入低卡路裡和高卡路裡的早餐和晚餐，而在另一天則相反。
The study also showed increases in blood sugar and insulin concentrations, caused by eating a meal, was diminished after breakfast, but not so much after dinner.
研究還表明，吃飯時升高的血糖和胰島素濃度在早餐後有所降低，但在晚餐後則下降沒有那麼明顯。
The results also showed eating a low-calorie breakfast caused sweet cravings with a higher appetite.
此外，吃低卡路裡的早餐會導致對甜食的食慾增加。
This suggests those saving all their calories for the end of the day may face consequences because they snack more.
這表明，把一天中高熱量的食物都留到晚上會得不償失，因為他們在一天之中會吃更多零食。
Corresponding author Dr Juliane Richter said: 'Our results show a meal eaten for breakfast - regardless of the amount of calories it contains - creates twice as high diet-induced thermogenesis as the same meal consumed for dinner.
通訊作者朱利安·裡克特博士說：「我們的研究結果表明，不管早餐含有多少卡路裡，早餐的食物誘導產熱是等量晚餐的兩倍。」