Beech remarks on the symbolic relation between eating, becoming fat, and genital activity,—a relation frequently found in patients suffering from anorexia nervosa. An experimental study utilizing subliminal stimulation tested the hypothesis that this symbolic relationship between food and sexuality does in fact exist. The results are consistent with the hypothesis although the repetition of this test with many more patients, as well as with the same number of normals, is necessary before a final conclusion can be reached.