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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The next time soldiers take a girl out on a date, the chances are that she will order a salad and not eat very much of it, according to new research. <\/p>\n
Psychologist Meredith Young and her team at McMaster University in Ontario observed the eating habits of women at the establishment and found some interesting behaviour. <\/p>\n
They discovered that ladies who sat and ate with men munched salads and other foods low in calories, while they enjoyed more hearty meals when sitting with their female friends. <\/p>\n
Ms Young said the reason behind this is that women want to send a message to blokes that they are careful about what they put in their bodies and are more attractive as a result. <\/p>\n
"The salad leaves are meant to say ‘I’m pretty; I’m attractive; I take care of myself’," she added. <\/p>\n
Scientists from Utrecht University in the Netherlands recently discovered that images of sweet treats such as cake actually spur ladies on to stick to their diet.<\/p>\n
Psychologist Floor Kroese studied 54 females and asked half to look at pictures of cake and the rest to look at flowers. <\/p>\n
They were then asked about their eating habits and those shown the chocolate cake gave higher priority to healthy options than those who had seen the flowers.<\/p>\n
Posted by Samantha Thompson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Women eat healthier foods so men think they take care of themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n