Determinants of obesity in Italian adults: The role of taste sensitivity, food liking, and food neophobia

Chemical Senses

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 169-176

  Proserpio, Cristina ^a   Laureati, Monica ^a   Bertoli, Simona ^a   Battezzati, Alberto ^a   Pagliarini, Ella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

BMI; food preferences; fungiform papillae; overweight; taste threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD NEOPHOBIA; FOOD PREFERENCE; FUNGIFORM PAPILLAE; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; HUMAN; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPHOBIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE ACUITY; ITALY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TASTE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; OBESITY; TASTE; TASTE THRESHOLD;

EID: 84960099576     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjv072     Document Type: Article

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