Pennsylvania State University
Young boys ate less during a meal if they had already consumed a serving of fruit, but girls ate the same amount of the meal whether or not they had eaten fruit, researchers in the Penn State Department of Nutritional Sciences found in a recent study.
The researchers said this study, available online now and scheduled to publish in an upcoming issue of Appetite, indicates potential differences in how young children respond to their bodies' hunger and fullness cues. The researchers suggested that young girls may be socialized to pay attention to external or environmental cues when deciding how much to eat, whereas boys may focus on listening to their bodies.
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