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.

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,” explained lead author Kevin Kniffin 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.

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 said.

However, these findings fit with other examples of self-handicap behavior, where in this case men are showing off their fitness through excessive eating.

Kiffiin said there is a lesson to take away from the study.

“These findings show 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.

研究表明，吃得越多暗示他越喜欢

你。近期的一项研究发现，为了出风头，男性和女性同伴一起进餐时会比和同性一起进餐时吃得更多。

在这项耗时两周的研究中，研究人员观察了150位成人在意大利自助餐厅就餐的状况。

研究人员和康奈尔食品与品牌实验室合作，记录每人消费的披萨和沙拉数量。

结果发现，那些和女性同伴一起进餐的男性在自助餐台流连忘返，餐盘里装满了披萨和满满的沙拉，比起和同性一起就餐的男士，他们会多吃93%的披萨和86%的蔬菜沙拉。

“这些发现表明男性倾向于多吃来表现自己，我们也可以在大胃王比赛中注意到这个规律 — 参赛者以男性居多”，该项研究近期在刊物上发布，它的主要作者，康奈尔大学的凯文· 凯尼芬博士解释道。

在这些顾客离开时，研究人员询问他们是否愿意参与一个关于他们饱腹程度、是否吃的太快和就餐舒适度的小调查。

男性往往无意识地通过多吃展示他们的生理健康优势，然而这个策略和实际情况矛盾 —“研究表明，经常暴饮暴食会导致身材看起来毫无魅力”，凯尼芬说道。

这种行为是一种典型的跛足策略，在这种策略的指导下，男性通过过度进食炫耀他们的体格。

凯尼芬认为男性应该从该项研究学到一点东西。

“这项研究结果清楚地告诉我们，和异性进餐时头脑不要发热。”

“在你看来很MEN的行为，她可能就是觉得你吃多了。”

    Words to Learn 相关词汇

   【炫耀】xuànyào show off behave in a way that is intended to attract attention or admiration, and that other people often find annoying

    【自相矛盾的】zìxiāngmáodùn de paradoxical having the nature of a paradox, self-contradictory