Men Overeat in Front of Women to 'Show Off'

Food is a fraught thing. What people eat, when they eat it, how much they eat—all of it is subject to scrutiny, both social and scientific. Little wonder, then, that who people eat with seems to influence what they eat. And adding gender to the mix just makes it worse. There’s a whole body of research suggesting that in cultures where female thinness is prized, disordered eating among women can be at least partially attributed to competition for mates.
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