What foods women and men prefer

As conventional wisdom suggests, most men eat more meat than women and women eat more fruits and vegetables, a new study of eating habits found.

But there were surprising tidbits too. Men were much more likely to eat asparagus, brussels sprouts, peas and peanuts. They also were bigger consumers of frozen foods -- pizzas, hamburgers and Mexican dinners. Women are more likely than men to eat eggs, yogurt and fresh hamburgers.

Men also showed a little more of an appetite for runny eggs and undercooked hamburgers -- two foods that health experts say carry a higher chance of contamination. Women were more likely than men to eat only one risky food, raw alfalfa sprouts.

The study -- a telephone survey of 14,000 Americans -- was done in 10 states, a collaboration between state and federal health officials.