SynthesisNutrients2019
Sweet Taste as a Predictor of Dietary Intake: A Systematic Review.
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53 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- 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
- An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews on Food Choice and Nutrition Published between 2017 and-2019.Nutrients · 2019Pooled it
- The Sweet Tooth Trial: A Parallel Randomized Controlled Trial Investigating the Effects of A 6-Month Low, Regular, or High Dietary Sweet Taste Exposure on Sweet Taste Liking, and Various Outcomes Related to Food Intake and Weight Status.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Trial
- Effects of a six-day, whole-diet sweet taste intervention on pleasantness, desire for and intakes of sweet foods: a randomised controlled trial.The British journal of nutrition · 2025Trial
- The Effects of Acute Sleep Curtailment on Salt Taste Measures and Relationships with Energy-Corrected Sodium Intake: A Randomized Cross-Over Trial with Methodology Validation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- No significant salt or sweet taste preference or sensitivity differences following ad libitum consumption of ultra-processed and unprocessed diets: a randomized controlled pilot study.Chemical senses · 2023Trial
- A Brief Motivational Intervention Differentially Reduces Sugar-sweetened Beverage (SSB) Consumption.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2021Trial
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- Effects of Cognitive Style and Evaluation Context on Hedonic and Sensory Perception of Café Latte: A Comparison of Sensory Booth, Real-Life, and Mixed Reality Environments.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Free Sugars Consumption and Type 2 Diabetes: What Are the Concerns and How Strong is the Evidence?Current nutrition reports · 2026Review
- Adherence to the EAT-Lancet planetary health diet and its associations with obesity and health-related quality of life in Iranian adolescents: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Sustainable taste: a conceptual integration of sensory, sociocultural, and structural dimensions for interdisciplinary research and practice.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Choosing sweeteners wisely-nutrigenetic study on childhood obesity.Nutrition & metabolism · 2025Article
- Genetic and Environmental Influences on Sweet Taste Liking and Related Traits: New Insights from Twin Cohorts.Behavior genetics · 2025Article
- Sweet taste preference on snack choice, added sugars intake, and diet quality- a pilot study.BMC nutrition · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Taste Perception and Olfactory Function in Adolescents in Relation to the Duration of Type 1 Diabetes.Pediatric diabetes · 2025Article
- Opposing effects of sugar-free claims on perceived healthiness and sweetness reduce consumers' willingness to pay for sugar-free products.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Patterns of sensory and hedonic responses for salty and umami tastes and their impact on food familiarity, consumption, and nutritional status: A gender-based analysis from a large population sample.Current research in food science · 2025Article
- Declining trends in sweetness of the diet in the United Kingdom: 2008/9-2018/19.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Liking for Sweet Taste, Sweet Food Intakes, and Sugar Intakes.Nutrients · 2024Article
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Abstract
Taste is frequently cited as an important factor in food choice, and while a number of studies have attempted to identify relationships between taste function and dietary intake, a systematic review of these studies has been lacking. This review identified studies that examined associations between taste function or taste perception and dietary intake. The purpose was to determine which taste measure was most closely associated with dietary intake in healthy adults. Studies that measured some component of dietary intake, either acutely or longer-term, were eligible for inclusion. Studies were grouped into three categories: those that measured sensitivity (thresholds), intensity, or hedonic responses to sweet stimuli. Sensitivity and intensity studies demonstrated little association with dietary intake measures. Hedonic measurements were more likely to be associated with dietary intake, especially if sweet likers were analyzed separately from sweet dislikers, but the degree of heterogeneity among stimulus concentrations and dietary measures as well as small sample sizes likely obscured more consistent relationships between hedonic evaluation and dietary intake. Due to the potential for within-day and between-day variability in both taste function and dietary intake, future work should explore obtaining more than one taste measurement before comparing results to longer-term dietary assessments and attempts to standardize methods.
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