Higher sensitivity to sweet and salty taste in obese compared to lean individuals

Appetite

Volumn 111, Issue , 2017, Pages 158-165

  Hardikar, Samyogita ^a   Höchenberger, Richard ^b,c   Villringer, Arno ^a,c   Ohla, Kathrin ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Obesity; Pleasantness; Taste; Taste sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; QUININE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; FLAVORING AGENT; SWEETENING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; OBESITY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SALTINESS; SOUR TASTE; SWEETNESS; TASTE ACUITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; BAYES THEOREM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SALT INTAKE; TASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CITRIC ACID; FEMALE; FLAVORING AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; QUININE; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENTS; TASTE PERCEPTION; TASTE THRESHOLD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85009126466     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.12.017     Document Type: Article

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