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Patterns of Sweet Taste Liking: A Pilot Study.
Article in Nutrients, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Comparing body composition between the sweet-liking phenotypes: experimental data, systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2024Pooled it
- Sweet taste preference on snack choice, added sugars intake, and diet quality- a pilot study.BMC nutrition · 2025Article
- Study protocol, menu design, and rationale for a study testing the effects of a whole fruit-rich diet on glycemic control, liver fat, pancreatic fat, and cardiovascular health in adults with type 2 diabetes.Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.) · 2025Article
- Characterizing Individual Differences in Sweet Taste Hedonics: Test Methods, Locations, and Stimuli.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Finding the Sweet Spot: Measurement, Modification, and Application of Sweet Hedonics in Humans.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2021Article
- Effects of Sweet-Liking on Body Composition Depend on Age and Lifestyle: A Challenge to the Simple Sweet-Liking-Obesity Hypothesis.Nutrients · 2020Article
- The Effect of Sleep Curtailment on Hedonic Responses to Liquid and Solid Food.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
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- Quantifying Sweet Taste Liker Phenotypes: Time for Some Consistency in the Classification Criteria.Nutrients · 2019Article
- Sweet liker status in children and adults: Consequences for beverage intake in adults.Food quality and preference · 2018Article
- Sweet taste pleasantness is modulated by morphine and naltrexone.Psychopharmacology · 2016Article
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Abstract
Two distinct patterns of sweet taste liking have been described: one showing a peak liking response in the mid-range of sucrose concentrations and the other showing a monotonic liking response at progressively higher sucrose concentrations. Classification of these patterns has been somewhat arbitrary. In this report, we analyzed patterns of sweet taste liking in a pilot study with 26 adults including 14 women and 12 men, 32.6 ± 14.5 years of age with body mass index 26.4 ± 5.1 kg/m² (mean ± SD). Sweet taste liking was measured for 10 levels of sucrose solutions (0.035 M to 1.346 M). Participants rated their liking of each solution using a visual analog scale with 0 indicating strongly disliking and 100 strongly liking. The cluster analysis demonstrated two distinct groups: 13 liked relatively low sucrose concentrations and liked high sucrose concentrations less, and 13 liked high sucrose concentrations greatly. If we use the 0.598 M sucrose solution alone and a cutoff liking score of 50, we can distinguish the two clusters with high sensitivity (100%) and specificity (100%). If validated in additional studies, this simple tool may help us to better understand eating behaviors and the impact of sweet taste liking on nutrition-related disorders.
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