Taste perception in massively obese and in non-obese adolescents

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 242-248

  Pasquet, Patrick ^a   Frelut, Marie Laure ^b   Simmen, Bruno ^a   Hladik, Claude Marcel ^a   Monneuse, Marie Odile ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Citric acid; Fructose; Insulin resistance; Metabolic disorders; Non obese; Obese; Sodium chloride; Sucrose; Taste hedonics; Taste sensitivity; Taste threshold

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LIPOPROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULINEMIA; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASTE ACUITY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CITRIC ACID; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY, MORBID; PERCEPTION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX FACTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; TASTE; TASTE DISORDERS;

EID: 36349021307     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17477160701440521     Document Type: Article

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