ArticleDisease markers2019
General Decrease of Taste Sensitivity Is Related to Increase of BMI: A Simple Method to Monitor Eating Behavior.
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- Association between Bitter Taste Sensitivity and Weight Status in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrition reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of weight change on taste function; a systematic review.Nutrition journal · 2023Pooled it
- Chemosensory and cardiometabolic improvements after a fasting-mimicking diet: A randomized cross-over clinical trial.Cell reports. Medicine · 2025Trial
- Differences in Salivary Proteins as a Function of PROP Taster Status and Gender in Normal Weight and Obese Subjects.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Trial
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- Effect of Miracle Berry on Taste Modification Properties Among Adults Living in Australia: A Multi-Phase Study Protocol.Food science & nutrition · 2026Article
- Taste alterations in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: an observational study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Knowledge of tongue brushing among school children and their parents, and its effects on children's optimal sugar and salt preferences, dental caries, periodontal diseases, and body mass index.BMC research notes · 2025Article
- The Influence of Mediterranean and Western Dietary Patterns on Sensory Perception and Taste Sensitivity: A Study Among University Students.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Variations in basic taste perception and body mass index.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2025Article
- Modulation of sweet preference by neurosteroid-sensitive, δ-GABACurrent biology : CB · 2025Article
- Chemosensory Impairments and Their Impact on Nutrition in Parkinson's Disease: A Narrative Literature Review.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Potential role of glucagon like peptide 1 in taste receptors.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Review
- Developing and regenerating a sense of taste.Current topics in developmental biology · 2025Review
- Salt taste perception, dietary salt intake, cardiovascular health and genetic variation in Zambian adults with HIV.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Automatic detection of fungiform papillae on the human tongue via Convolutional Neural Networks and identification of the best performing model.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025Article
- Determination of objective taste perception among Iranian medical sciences students during COVID‑19 pandemic in Yazd, Eastern Iran: a case-control pilot study.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Chronic social defeat stress broadly inhibits gene expression in the peripheral taste system and alters taste responses in mice.Physiology & behavior · 2024Article
- Taste alteration and its relationship with nutritional status among cancer patients receiving chemotherapy, cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesThe present study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between taste identification ability and body mass index (BMI) by studying the response to the administration of different taste stimuli to both sides of the tongue in three different groups of subjects. SUBJECTS AND
methodsThirty healthy normal-weight volunteers, 19 healthy overweight subjects, and 22 obese subjects were enrolled. For each subject, the lateralization Oldfield score, body weight, height, and blood pressure were determined. The taste test is based on filter paper strips soaked with 4 taste stimuli presented at different concentrations to evoke 4 basic taste qualities (salty, sour, sweet, and bitter); pure rapeseed oil and water were also administered to evoke fat and neutral taste qualities. The stimuli were applied to each side of the protruded tongue. Subjects were asked to identify the taste from a list of eight descriptions according to a multiple choice paradigm.
resultsThe results showed a general lowering of taste sensitivity with the increase of BMI, except for the taste of fat with rapeseed oil as the stimulus. Other variables affecting taste sensitivity are age (negative association), gender (women generally show higher sensitivity), and taste stimuli concentration (positive association).
conclusionsOur findings could provide important insights into how new therapies could be designed for weight loss and long-term weight maintenance and how diets could be planned combining the correct caloric and nutritional supply with individual taste preferences.
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