How to tell if he REALLY likes you: Men consume 93% more pizza when dining with women they want to impress
- Study observed 150 diners at all-you-can-eat Italian buffet for two weeks
- Men who ate with women ate 93% more pizza slices and 86% more greens
- Researchers advised men to 'calm down' on dates
The more he eats, the more he likes you, according to researchers.
A recent study discovered that men will eat more food when they dine with their female counterparts, as a way of showing off, than when they are with other men.
The study was conducted over a two-week period while researchers observed 150 adults eating lunch at an all-you-can-eat Italian buffet.
Men who were coupled up with a female, packed their plates with pizza and left the buffet line with their bowls overflowing with salad, eating 93 percent more slices and 86 percent more greens than men who ate with just other men
Researchers from Cornell University, who collaborated with Cornell’s Food and Brand Lab for the study, took note of the number of pizza slices and how many bowls of salad each subject consumed.
Men who were coupled up with a female, packed their plates with pizza and left the buffet line with their bowls overflowing with salad, eating 93 percent more slices and 86 percent more greens than men who ate with just other men.
‘These findings suggest that men tend to overeat to show off – you can also see this tendency in eating competitions which almost always have mostly male participants,’ explains lead author Kevin Kniffin, PhD, of Cornell University in a recent press release.
When the diners got up to leave, the researchers stepped in to ask if they would complete a short survey indicating their level of fullness after eating, and their feelings of hurriedness and comfort while eating.
The results showed women didn’t change the amount they ate when they dined with either gender.
They did however, report feeling they overate and felt rush through the meal.
According to the data collected during their observations, the researchers reported none of this was actually true.
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By overconsuming food men unconsciously may be signaling their biological fitness, a paradoxical tactic in this case given that ‘overeating constantly is going to produce a body shape research shows tends to be viewed as unattractive,’ Kniffin explained.
However, these findings fit with other examples of self-handicap behaviour, where in this case men are showing off their fitness through excessive eating.
A recent study discovered that men will eat more food when they dine with their female counterparts, as a way of showing off, than when they are with other men. The study was conducted over a two-week period while researchers observed 150 adults eating lunch at an all-you-can-eat Italian buffet
This risky or unhealthy behavior is a way for men to let their female companion know that they can tolerate changes, even self-inflicted ones.
While this study suggests men overate, it’s the women who reported a sense of overeating.
Kiffiin said there is a lesson to take away from the study.
‘These findings are clear that people should calm down when eating with members of the opposite sex.’
Men seem to be eating more, and women feel like they overate.’
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