You’ve probably heard this advice many times: Eat smaller meals more frequently to lose weight. Unfortunately, science is still split on this issue. Some studies show a benefit to eating this way, while others find no discernible biological differences whatsoever. So, which advice should you follow?

The notion behind eating smaller, more frequent meals is simple: by spreading out your daily calories over six meals, you increase  metabolism, keeping it going at a faster pace and thereby burning …