Eating Heavily: Men Eat More in the Company of Women

Evolutionary Psychological Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 38-46

  Kniffin, Kevin M ^a   Sigirci, Ozge ^a   Wansink, Brian ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Costly signaling; Eating; Obesity; Self handicap behavior; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947457044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21989885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40806-015-0035-3     Document Type: Article

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