 For people with Type 2 diabetes, eating two large meals a day may be better than consuming the same number of calories in six small meals. The differences were not dramatic, but compared with those eating six meals a day, those who ate just breakfast and lunch reduced their weight and waist circumference. Some diabetes experts recommend small meals as a better way to control metabolism; others believe eating three larger meals is better. Scientists at the Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine in Prague divided a group of 54 volunteers aged 30 to 70 with type 2 diabetes into two groups of 27 people. Volunteers were then given either a six-meal-a-day diet (A6) for 12 weeks followed by a two-meal day diet (B2), or vice versa. 'Very pleasing' result 
 
 The B2 group ate between 06:00 and 10:00 and then between 12:00 and 16:00, and the A6 group ate their food throughout the day. “Not only our study, but others too, show that it may be more beneficial to eat a larger breakfast and lunch with a small dinner,” said the lead author, Dr. Hana Kahleova, a researcher at the Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine in Prague.
– "We confirmed the ancient proverb 'eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper,'" says the leader of a team of researchers that found eating just two meals a day can be an effective way to manage type 2 diabetes. The researchers split diabetic volunteers into two groups eating the same number of calories every day in either two meals or six meals and found that those who only consumed breakfast and lunch lost more weight, had lower blood sugar, and had better insulin management than those eating six meals a day, reports the New York Times. "The patients were really afraid they would get hungry in the evening but feelings of hunger were lower as the patients ate until they were satisfied," the lead researcher tells the BBC. "But when they ate six times a day the meals were not leaving them feeling satisfied. It was quite surprising." She added that the findings, as earlier studies have indicated, could be useful for non-diabetics who are trying to lose weight.