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Elsevier, Appetite, (111), p. 158-165, 2017

DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.12.017

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Higher sensitivity to sweet and salty taste in obese compared to lean individuals

Journal article published in 2017 by Samyogita Hardikar, Richard Höchenberger ORCID, Arno Villringer ORCID, Kathrin Ohla
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Abstract

Although putatively taste has been associated with obesity as one of the factors governing food intake, previous studies have failed to find a consistent link between taste perception and Body Mass Index (BMI). A comprehensive comparison of both thresholds and hedonics for four basic taste modalities (sweet, salty, sour, and bitter) has only been carried out with a very small sample size in adults. In the present exploratory study, we compared 23 obese (OB; BMI > 30), and 31 lean (LN; BMI