Trial reportObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2016
Dietary fat restriction increases fat taste sensitivity in people with obesity.
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- Effects of weight change on taste function; a systematic review.Nutrition journal · 2023Pooled it
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- The Role of Diet and Hormones on Taste: Low Carb Compared With Low Fat Study Findings.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Article
- Taste Plasticity in Nutrition and Health: A Scoping Review.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Investigating the Effect of Maltodextrins and Degree of Polymerization on Individual Complex Carbohydrate Taste Sensitivity.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- Association of ability to rank sweet and fat taste intensities with sweet and fat food propensity ratios of children, adolescents and adults: the I.Family study.European journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- Smell, taste and food habits changes along body mass index increase: an observational study.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2023Observational
- Adiponectin Enhances Fatty Acid Signaling in Human Taste Cells by Increasing Surface Expression of CD36.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
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- Commentary: Is obesity associated with taste alterations? a systematic review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Impact of 4-week of a restricted Mediterranean diet on taste perception, anthropometric, and blood parameters in subjects with severe obesity.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
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- A survey on computational taste predictors.European food research and technology = Zeitschrift fur Lebensmittel-Untersuchung und -Forschung. A · 2022Review
- Impact of Nutritional Intervention on Taste Perception-A Scoping Review.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Comparing Taste Detection Thresholds across Individuals Following Vegan, Vegetarian, or Omnivore Diets.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Carbohydrate Taste Is Associated with Food Intake and Body Mass in Healthy Australian Adults.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Obesity-induced taste dysfunction, and its implications for dietary intake.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2021Review
- Common variants in the CD36 gene are associated with dietary fat intake, high-fat food consumption and serum triglycerides in a cohort of Quebec adults.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveIndividuals with obesity may be less sensitive to the taste of fat, and it is hypothesized that this is due to excess dietary fat intake. This study assessed the effect of a 6-week low-fat (LF) or portion control (PC) diet matched for weight loss on fat taste thresholds, fat perception, and preference in people with overweight/obesity.
methodsParticipants (n = 53) completed a randomized dietary intervention and consumed either a LF diet (25% fat) or PC diet (33% fat) for 6 weeks. Fat taste thresholds (lowest detectable fat concentration), fat perception (discrimination ability), preference, and anthropometry were assessed at baseline and week 6.
resultsConsumption of a LF diet (n = 26) and PC diet (n = 27) reduced participants' weight (P < 0.001), with no significant differences between groups (LF, -2.9%, PC, -2.7%). Both diets resulted in a decrease in fat taste thresholds (P = 0.014), and the effect tended to be stronger in the LF diet vs. the PC diet (P = 0.060). The ability to perceive different fat concentrations in foods was increased after the LF diet only (P = 0.017); however, food preference did not change on either diet.
conclusionsA PC and LF diet both increase fat taste sensitivity in people with overweight/obesity, with the strongest effect after the LF diet.
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