Men eat significantly more pizza and salad when dining with a woman, according to a Cornell University study. Researchers watched 105 adults dine at an all-you-can-eat Italian buffet and found that men ate 93% more pizza and 86% more salad in the company of a woman than when they ate with other men. Women’s eating habits remained the same regardless of whether they dined with a male or female companion.
Guys, relax. That’s one of the conclusions of a Cornell University study published in the journal Evolutionary Psychological Science, which looked at the amount of food men consume when dining with a woman. Researchers watched 105 adults dine at an all-you-can-eat Italian buffet and found that men ate 93 percent more pizza in the company of a woman than when they ate with other men. The men also ate 86 percent more salad. Their conclusion? Whether they are aware of it or not, men try to impress women by showing off how much they can eat.
Food for thought:
Citing society’s fascination with men in competitive eating contests, the researchers commented that “male eating patterns deserve increased attention through the lens of sexual selection theory.”
Interestingly, women’s eating habits remained the same regardless of whether they dined with a male or female companion. Women said they felt “rushed” when dining with men and felt like they ate too much, but the researchers failed to quantify this.
In a related study, researchers at South Korea’s Semyung University found that men take more bites and expend more “chewing power” than women. Women, they said, chewed each bite more times than men.
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