Bitter taste phenotype and body weight predict children's selection of sweet and savory foods at a palatable test-meal

Appetite

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 113-121

  Keller, Kathleen L ^a,b   Olsen, Annemarie ^c   Cravener, Terri L ^a   Bloom, Rachel ^a   Chung, Wendy K ^b   Deng, Liyong ^b   Lanzano, Patricia ^b   Meyermann, Karol ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bitter taste; Children; Eating behavior; Obesity; PROP phenotype

Indexed keywords

PROPYLTHIOURACIL; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; FAT INTAKE; SUGAR INTAKE; TAS2R8 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENE; HUMAN; MALE; PALATABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALIVA LEVEL; SAVORY; SEX RATIO; SWEETNESS; TAS2R38 GENE; TASTE PREFERENCE; TEST MEAL; DIET; FAT INTAKE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MEAL; SUGAR INTAKE; TASTE; TASTE BUD;

BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUCROSE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEALS; PHENOTYPE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TASTE; TASTE BUDS; TASTE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84897092016     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.02.019     Document Type: Article

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