A Big Breakfast , Burns More Daily Calories, , Study Says.br The research can be found in the br Journal of Clinical Endocrinology br and Metabolism.br Subjects used were young males in healthy condition and with a normal BMI (body mass index).br Compared to those who combined a br small morning meal with a large dinner.br subjects who ate a big breakfast burned twice br as many calories throughout the day.br Scientists say it's due to the amount of energy for processing food in the morning.br They add the term for this isbr “diet-induced thermogenesis.".br Researchers add that the burned calories are only 15 percent of the total amount shed per day.