If you wish to prevent obesity eat breakfast every day as skipping the first meal of the day increases food cravings and eventual weight gain. Eating breakfast particularly meals rich in protein increases young adults levels of a brain chemical associated with feelings of reward which may reduce food cravings and overeating later in the day research showed. 'Our research showed that people experience a dramatic decline in cravings for sweet foods when they eat breakfast' said Heather Leidy an assistant professor of nutrition and exercise physiology at University of Missouri in the US. (Read: 5 quick and healthy breakfast