Men and women are different is so many other ways, it may not come as a surprise that their responses to body image issues are different as well. In a study conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 222 women and 151 men were observed.

"'In a nutshell,' [Kristen] Harrison said, 'we found that, following exposure to ideal-body images, men who are insecure about their bodies eat more in front of other men, while women who are insecure about their bodies eat less in front of other women.'"

Though the differences in eating habits where slight, they came after less than 45 minutes of exposure to "ideal-body" images and text. Multiplied by the thousands of hours of exposure each year, there's potential for the development of serious eating disorders. Read more at ScienceDaily.com.

Posted By: Lori S