Gender and Eating

If you're a man, how much

you eat may have more to
do with the gender of your
dining companions than your
appetite. A new Cornell
University study, published in
the journal Evolutionary
Psychological Science,
found that men will eat
significantly more food in the
company of women than
they will with other men.
 For the study, researchers observed 105 adults lunching at an all-
you-can-eat Italian buffet over the course of two weeks. They
recorded the number of pizza slices and how many bowls of salad
each diner ate. Gender of each diner's eating partner or partners
was also noted. Before leaving the restaurant, the diners were
intercepted by a researcher to ask them to complete a short survey
indicating their level of fullness after eating, and their feelings of
hurriedness and comfort while eating.
 Result
 The amount that women
Result ate didn't differ when
 Men who dined with at eating with other women
or with men. When they
least one woman ate ate with men, many
93% more pizza and women indicated feeling
86% more salad than that they overate and
were rushed through their
men who dined with meal.
only 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. The study
was conducted by Kniffin, Ozge Sigirci, a former
visiting scholar at the Cornell University Food, and
Brand Lab and Brian Wansink, professor and
director of the Food and Brand Lab.
1. According to the research, why does the man in the study tend to
overeat?
A. To show his habit.
B. To gain admiration from all of their eating companions.
C. To impress female eating companions
D. To get the full benefit from eating from free.
E. To satisfy their hungry stomach
2. The followings are true according to the text, except …
A. There are 105 participants in the research
B. Through observation, the researchers wrote down how much the
participants ate.
C. Women tend to eat the same amount of food when eating with either
gender
D. Men tend to eat more when eating with male friends.
E. The research involves not only observation but also survey.
3. What can replace the phrase “in the company of”? (paragraph 1)
A. Associated with
B. From the same corporate with
C. With a group of
D. Than
E. In a building with
4. What is the main idea of the text above?
A. Men will eat more food when eating with women than they will with
other man.
B. People will eat more food when eating with a different gender.
C. Many women overeat when eating with men.
D. Men tend to participate in eating competitions.
E. The study was conducted for two weeks.
Enrichment of Vocabulary
 Food  Dining
 Diet  Dine
 Cuisine  Anxiety
 Dish  Anxious
 Meal  Teenager
 Likely  Adolescence
 Tend  Company
 Diner  Admiration
 Dinner  Admire
Enrichment of Vocabulary
 Fasten  Refugee
 Fasting  Employ
 Zest  Employer
 Spirit  Employee
 Obviously  Employment
 In addition to  Find
 Moreover  Founder
 Sufficient  Founded
 Refuge  Intake