Gender differences in taste and foods habits

Lombardo, Mauro; Aulisa, Giovanni; Padua, Elvira; Annino, Giuseppe; Iellamo, Ferdinando; Pratesi, Antonio; Caprio, Massimiliano; Bellia, Alfonso

doi:10.1108/nfs-04-2019-0132

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“…Women also reported a lower familiarity than men with fatty meat and cold meat. These results were in line with previous studies that reported a lower intake of meat in women [15,73]. In addition, this study showed that this was true independent of fat content.…”

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“…Gender has the largest impact on sensory response and food preferences [13] and was found to affect liking and consumption of meat and fat products, with women liking meat [14][15][16] and high-fat products [17] less than men. Furthermore, women reported more avoidance of fats from meat than men did [10,18,19], and a study across 22 countries showed that gender had the most consistent influence on fat preference in pork meat among other factors, with a greater proportion of women than men preferring pork with less fat cover [20].…”

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Gender Differences in Fat-Rich Meat Choice: Influence of Personality and Attitudes

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The innate liking of fats may be due to one or more orosensory, post-ingestive, and metabolic signals; however, individuals differ in their preference for fat in meat. One of the variables that mainly impacts eating behaviors and thus should be carefully analyzed is sex/gender, and while sex (female/male, in a binary approximation) refers only to biological characteristics, gender (woman/man, in a binary approximation) refers to cultural attitudes and behavior. This study aimed at exploring the role of gender, age, taste responsiveness (measured as sensitivity to the bitterness of 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP)), personality traits, attitudes, and liking of and familiarity with meat on the choice of fat-rich meat products in 1208 women and men aged 18–66. Both a between- and a within-gender approach were adopted. Results showed that gender had a major impact on liking of and familiarity with meat and choice for fat-rich meat compared to age. A lower liking meat in general was found in women, independently of fat content. Women also reported a lower familiarity than men with fatty meat and cold meat and a lower choice of fat-rich meat. Genders differed in the influence of personality and attitudes about fat-rich meat choice. In both genders, the choice of meat higher in fat was associated with liking cold and fatty meat and with age and negatively with liking low-fat meat. Women were in general more interested in health than men, and this may explain the main difference in the choice of fat-rich meat between genders. However, when we look at each gender separately, general health interest was significantly correlated with a lower choice of fat-rich meat only in men. In addition, in men food neophobia was negatively correlated with choice of fat-rich meat. In women, the emotional dimension was found to play an important role, with sensitivity to disgust that was negatively associated with fat-rich meat choice and emotional eating that was positively associated with it. Thanks to the large sample and the gender-sensitive approach adopted, this study showed that different factors affect choice of fat-rich meat by gender, in addition to liking of and familiarity with fat-rich and cold meat and age. This suggests that strategies personalized by gender to reinforce or activate barriers to this type of consumption may be more effective at reducing fat intake, promoting the consumption of meat lower in fat.

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Gender Differences in Fat-Rich Meat Choice: Influence of Personality and Attitudes

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“…This finding may also point to the complexity of a sex relationship with suicidal ideation/attempt, as there are also suggestions of an underlying mechanism to sex difference in food choice and preferences including sweet tastes [ 58 ]. The possible role of culture in framing the relationship of sex and suicidal ideation/attempt [ 60 ] and moderating sex differences in taste preferences [ 61 , 62 ] needs to be explored further to explain the observed associations.…”

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Oral health practices and oral hygiene status as indicators of suicidal ideation among adolescents in Southwest Nigeria

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Background Oral health is a less-recognized correlate of overall and mental wellbeing. This study aimed to assess the relationship between suicidal behavior (ideation and attempt) and oral health practices and status, and to determine the effect of sex on these associations among Nigerian adolescents. Methods Household survey data were collected from 10 to 19-year-old adolescents in southwestern Nigeria. Dependent variables were daily tooth brushing, daily consumption of refined carbohydrates between meals, and oral hygiene status (measured by plaque index). The independent variable was lifetime suicidal ideation/attempt, dichotomized into ‘yes’ and ‘never’. ‘Daily tooth brushing’ and ‘daily consumption of refined carbohydrates between meals’ were included in two separate logistic regression models, and ‘oral hygiene status’ was included in a linear regression model. The models were adjusted for sex, age, and socioeconomic status. The linear regression model was also adjusted for frequency of daily tooth-brushing and of consumption of refined carbohydrates between meals. Interactions between sex and suicidal ideation/suicide attempt in association with dependent variables were assessed. Significance was set at 5%. Results We recruited 1,472 participants with mean age (standard deviation) of 14.6 (2.6) years. The mean plaque index was 0.84 (0.56), and 66 (4.5%) adolescents reported ever having suicidal ideation/attempt. Suicidal ideation/attempt was associated with significantly lower likelihood of tooth brushing (OR = 0.48, 95% CI: 0.26, 0.91), higher likelihood of consuming refined carbohydrates between meals (OR = 2.30, 95% CI: 1.29, 4.10), and having poor oral hygiene (B = 0.18, 95% CI: 0.05, 0.32). Among males, suicidal ideation/attempt was associated with less likelihood of eating refined carbohydrates between meals (OR = 0.96, 95% CI: 0.35, 2.61). Conversely, it was associated with a significantly higher likelihood of this outcome (OR = 4.85, 95% CI: 2.23, 10.55) among females. Conclusion The study findings suggest that poor tooth brushing habits and poor oral hygiene are indicators for risk of suicidal behavior for adolescents in Nigeria, while high sugar consumption may be an additional risk factor for adolescent females. These findings support the role of dental practitioners as members of healthcare teams responsible for screening, identifying and referring patients at risk for suicidal ideation/attempt.

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“…As a previous study demonstrated gender-specific differences concerning eating habits, food taste and relationship with food, the authors also suggested the development of gender-specific programs for the promotion of a healthy lifestyle. [ 33 ]…”

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Gender effect on eating habits of Nigerian school children

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Chukwuone

et al. 2021

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It is important to investigate children's eating habits based on different eating behaviors such as satiety responsiveness (SR), slowness in eating (SE), food fussiness (FF), food responsiveness (FR), enjoyment of food (EF), desire to drink (DD), emotional under-eating (EUE), and emotional over-eating (EOE). The main objective of this research was to investigate whether gender affects the eating habits of Nigerian school children. A cross-sectional survey was conducted between March and June 2019. A total of 120 parents of school children participated in the study. The Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ) was used to collect data. The CEBQ is composed of 35 items and eight subscales. Based on the analysis of parents’ reports, DD was higher in boys than girls, t (118) = 7.086, P < .001; EOE was higher in boys than girls, t (118) = 5.184, P < .001; EF was higher in boys than girls, t (118) = 2.183, P < .001; FF was higher in boys than girls, t (118) = 9.441, P < .001; and SR was higher in boys than girls, t (118) = 7.323, P < .001. However, EUE was lower in boys than girls, t (118) = −4.339, P < .001; FR was lower in boys than girls, t (118) = −3.112, P < .001; SE was lower in boys than girls, t (118) = −3.832, P < .001; thus, gender had a significant influence on eating habits of the school children. Gender significantly affects the eating habits of Nigerian school children. Thus, gender is an important factor to be considered when aiming to improve the eating habits of Nigerian school children.

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Gender differences in taste and foods habits

Cited by 55 publications

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Gender Differences in Fat-Rich Meat Choice: Influence of Personality and Attitudes

Gender Differences in Fat-Rich Meat Choice: Influence of Personality and Attitudes

Oral health practices and oral hygiene status as indicators of suicidal ideation among adolescents in Southwest Nigeria

Gender effect on eating habits of Nigerian school children

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