Attending to food during a meal (‘attentive eating’) may reduce later overeating. However, evidence in support of this comes primarily from studies of female participants. The aims of the current study were to investigate the effect that attentive eating has on later food intake in men and examine potential underlying mechanisms. Using a within-subjects design, 34 men (BMI M = 23.73 kg/m2, SD = 2.93; age M = 29.15, SD = 11.99) consumed a fixed lunchtime meal on two study days. On one study day participants were instructed to pay attention to the sensory properties of the meal as they ate (focused attention condition), and on the other study day participants ate lunch normally. Three hours after each lunchtime session, ad libitum consumption of snack food was measured, and measures of memory for the earlier lunchtime meal were completed; memory for the amount of food consumed and memory of the satiating effects of the earlier meal. Participants remembered the lunch to be significantly more satiating in the focused attention condition compared to the control condition. However, focused attention did not affect later ad libitum snack intake. Focused attention enhanced memory for satiety of the earlier meal, but did not reduce later snack intake in men. Further research is needed to understand when focused attention influences subsequent food intake before this approach can be used effectively to reduce food intake.