Older adults, particularly women, often consume a very low amount of protein at breakfast and could benefit from increasing protein intake at this meal.

“This is where what we call a skewed protein intake, and the traditional intake is lowest at breakfast, moderate lunch, and then most of it at dinner. I think it's probably correct to say, first, that breakfast time meal, you could really stand to push the protein intake a little bit higher. Most people say, heart-healthy breakfast, whole grains, that sort of thing, and so that's where they focus. When we've looked at intakes of older, particularly older women, they consume a ridiculously small amount of protein at breakfast.”