Culinary Racism

Experiments suggest that we react very differently to other people on the basis of the type and amount of food that they consume. In one study, a few hundred undergrads were told of a fictional character named "Pat." In some cases, she was described as eating "oatmeal with fresh fruit and nuts on top for breakfast;" in others, the researchers said she eats "pie for breakfast." Then the students were asked to describe Pat's character. The pie-eating version of Pat was deemed more likely to be aggressive, lazy, selfish, and immoral than the oatmeal-eating version. In another experiment, participants who were shown images or video clips of someone eating fast food tended to judge that person as being less physically attractive, less intelligent, less moral, and less conscientious than participants who saw the very same individual eating healthier food. There are some perks to eating poorly, though. Studies also show that those who consume high-fat diets are perceived by onlookers as being significantly more fun-loving, happy, and sociable than their more high-strung, healthy-eating peers. That may be why Bill Clinton?s notorious McDonald?s diet helped him to get elected in two presidential campaigns, even as it threatened his health.

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