Return of hunger following a relatively high carbohydrate breakfast is associated with earlier recorded glucose peak and nadir.

•Compared differences in postprandial hunger based on meal composition (HC/LF; LC/HF).•Subjects fed HC/LF meal had higher insulin/lower glucose post meal (hours 3 & 4).•HC/LF group reported a more rapid return to hunger at hours 3 and 4.•No differences between groups in self-reported fullness at hours 1 or 2.•Earlier peak/nadir glucose predicted a more rapid return of hunger (HC/LF meal).