ReviewDiabetes & metabolism journal2020
Consequences of Obesity on the Sense of Taste: Taste Buds as Treatment Targets?
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Associations of body composition and resting metabolic rate with homeostatic and hedonic components of appetite.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Article
- Effect of Miracle Berry on Taste Modification Properties Among Adults Living in Australia: A Multi-Phase Study Protocol.Food science & nutrition · 2026Article
- Emerging Role of Taste Receptors, Entero-Endocrine Cells in Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Exploring the Role of TAS2Rs in Obesity: Insights From Human and Rat Models.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2026Article
- Salient cue reactivity and eating behaviors in ex-smokers, abstinent alcohol use disorder, and obesity.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Differentiating Taste Perception Between Pre-diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: A Comparative Analysis.Cureus · 2025Article
- Effects of high-fat and low-calcium diets on the structure of filiform and fungiform tongue papillae in rats.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Burdens of sense organ diseases across global, regional, and national levels from 1990 to 2021 and projections for 2050.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Gustatory thresholds and obesity: a comparative study of five main tastes.BMC nutrition · 2025Article
- Expression and structural analysis of taste receptor genes in Iberian and Duroc pigs.Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE · 2025Article
- Potential role of glucagon like peptide 1 in taste receptors.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Review
- Association of Salty and Sweet Taste Recognition with Food Reward and Subjective Control of Eating Behavior.Nutrients · 2024Article
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- 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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- 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
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- The role of the oral microbiome in obesity and metabolic disease: potential systemic implications and effects on taste perception.Nutrition journal · 2023Review
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Abstract
Premature obesity-related mortality is caused by cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, type 2 diabetes mellitus, physical disabilities, osteoarthritis, and certain types of cancer. Obesity is caused by a positive energy balance due to hyper-caloric nutrition, low physical activity, and energy expenditure. Overeating is partially driven by impaired homeostatic feedback of the peripheral energy status in obesity. However, food with its different qualities is a key driver for the reward driven hedonic feeding with tremendous consequences on calorie consumption. In addition to visual and olfactory cues, taste buds of the oral cavity process the earliest signals which affect the regulation of food intake, appetite and satiety. Therefore, taste buds may play a crucial role how food related signals are transmitted to the brain, particularly in priming the body for digestion during the cephalic phase. Indeed, obesity development is associated with a significant reduction in taste buds. Impaired taste bud sensitivity may play a causal role in the pathophysiology of obesity in children and adolescents. In addition, genetic variation in taste receptors has been linked to body weight regulation. This review discusses the importance of taste buds as contributing factors in the development of obesity and how obesity may affect the sense of taste, alterations in food preferences and eating behavior.
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