Gaining Weight? Who's Really To Blame
By Michael Roizen, M.D., and Mehmet Oz, M.D. It's not what they serve you at dinner. The very friends who support every step you walk and every pound you lose may be subconsciously making you eat more than you want to simply by sharing meals with you. Yes, women eat more calories when they dine with other women than they do when they are eating with men. (Men's eating habits weren't affected by their table partners. No word on whether their conversation was.)
It's not the first time that researchers have seen that what you eat depends on who you eat with. Another study found that kids chow down more when they're eating with friends than when they're with people they don't know. And when the friend is overweight? Let the food fest begin.
Of course, there are solutions to maintaining your weight other than eating only with thin men. Just being aware that you're more likely to eat the cheese fries off your girlfriend's plate can make you stop yourself before you start, or at least after just one. Also, at a restaurant, order first. "I'll have what she's having" can get you far more than you bargained for. Except, it turns out, when what she's having is veggies. Yet another study showed that when women sat down with someone who ate lots of vegetables, they ate more veggies themselves.
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The YOU Docs, Mehmet Oz and Mike Roizen, are authors of "YOU: The Owner's Manual." Want more? See "The Dr. Oz Show" on TV (check local listings). To submit questions, go to www.RealAge.com. (c) 2009 Michael Roizen, M.D. and Mehmet Oz, M.D. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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