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Article: Comfort foods different for men, women
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- November 18, 2005
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ALBANY, N.Y. - Comfort food for women often means snuggling up
with tub of mint chocolate ice cream to wallow in their blues. For
men, it serves as a reward when life is looking rosy.
Just what triggers people to turn to comfort foods - and which
ones they pick - often depends on whether you are asking a man or a
woman, a new study shows.
It turns out that women are a bit more likely to choose foods high
in fat and sugar, such as cake and ice cream - along with a hefty
serving of guilt, loneliness and depression.
Men, on the other hand, are more likely to turn to hearty foods
like steak and pasta as a reward when they are feeling upbeat.
That's significant because those who associated ...