ArticleNutrients2020
Determinants of Sweetness Preference: A Scoping Review of Human Studies.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
- Effect of School-Based Food and Nutrition Education Interventions on the Food Consumption of Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- 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
- Genetic and Environmental Influences on Free Sugar and Nonnutritive Sweetener Intake in Toddlerhood and Middle Childhood Using Data from the Gemini Twin Cohort: Findings from the SWEET Project.The Journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- Exploring the association between sweet liking and treatment response to naltrexone in patients with alcohol use disorder.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Targeting Pediatric Obesity Through Gender-Specific Nutritional Strategies: Insights from Dietary Intake and Food Sources.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- 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
- Declining trends in sweetness of the diet in the United Kingdom: 2008/9-2018/19.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Longitudinal Analysis of Sweet Taste Preference Through Genetic and Phenotypic Data Integration.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Metabolic syndromes increase significantly with the accumulation of bad dietary habits.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2024Article
- Understanding the determinants of sweet taste liking in the African and East Asian ancestry groups in the U.S.-A study protocol.PloS one · 2024Article
- Understanding the Determinants of Sweet Liking in the African and East Asian Ancestry Groups in the U.S. - A Study Protocol.Research square · 2023Article
- Study protocol of the sweet tooth study, randomized controlled trial with partial food provision on the effect of low, regular and high dietary sweetness exposure on sweetness preferences in Dutch adults.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Sweetness preference and its impact on energy intake and body weight - a review of evidence.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Review
- Impact of Calorie-Restricted Cafeteria Diet and Treadmill Exercise on Sweet Taste in Diet-Induced Obese Female and Male Rats.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Harnessing Food Product Reviews for Personalizing Sweetness Levels.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Consumer Expectation of Flavored Water Function, Sensory Quality, and Sugar Reduction, and the Impact of Demographic Variables and Woman Consumer Segment.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Nutrient Intakes among Brazilian Children Need Improvement and Show Differences by Region and Socioeconomic Level.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Characterizing Individual Differences in Sweet Taste Hedonics: Test Methods, Locations, and Stimuli.Nutrients · 2022Article
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Abstract
Factors associated with sweetness preference are multi-faceted and incredibly complex. A scoping review was undertaken to identify determinants of sweetness preference in humans. Using an online search tool, ProQuest ™, a total of 99 publications were identified and subsequently grouped into the following categories of determinants: Age, dietary factors, reproductive hormonal factors, body weight status, heritable, weight loss, sound, personality, ethnicity and lifestyle, previous exposure, disease, and 'other' determinants. Methodologies amongst studies were heterogenous in nature (e.g., there was variability across studies in the sweetness concentrations tested, the number of different sweetness concentrations used to assess sweetness preference, and the methods utilized to measure sweetness preference), rendering interpretation of overall findings challenging; however, for certain determinants, the evidence appeared to support predictive capacity of greater sweetness preference, such as age during certain life-stages (i.e., young and old), being in a hungry versus satiated state, and heritable factors (e.g., similar sweetness preferences amongst family members). Recommendations for the design of future studies on sweetness preference determinants are provided herein, including an "investigator checklist" of criteria to consider.
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