Discrimination of taste and preference for sweet in premature babies

Tatzer, Ernst; Schubert, Maria Theresia; Timischl, Werner; Simbruner, G.

doi:10.1016/0378-3782(85)90133-1

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“…These data, when combined with other published studies of taste development in infants, indicate that reponses to different tastes exhibit very different patterns of early developmental change. Responsiveness to and preference for sucrose and other sweet substances is evident very early, even in premature infants (Tatzer et al, 1985;Maone et al, 1990). In contrast, whereas newborn infants seem to be sensitive to moderate to high concentrations of salt as shown by changes in sucking patterns relative to water (Crook, 1978;Beauchamp & Cowart, in press), they do not exhibit differential intake of similar concentrations relative to water Beauchamp et al, 1986), nor produce a characteristic facial expression in response to a much higher concentration (Rosenstein & Oster, 1988).…”

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Early developmental change in bitter taste responses in human infants

Kajiura

Cowart

Beauchamp

1992

Developmental Psychobiology

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Human newborns (birth-6 days) and older infants (14-180 days) were allowed to ingest both urea (0.12-0.24 M) in a mildly sweet diluent and the diluent alone, and multiple measures of responsivity were obtained (relative intake, sucking behavior, and hedonic ratings based on facial expressions and body movements). For newborns, there was no indication of rejection of urea relative to the diluent in measures of intake or sucking behavior; rather, their responses were predominantly controlled by the order of presentation of the two tastes. In contrast, older infants tended to reject all concentrations of urea according to these measures. Hedonic ratings provided an indication of limited rejection of the bitter taste by newborns, but older infants were still found to respond more consistently. These data suggest there is an early developmental change in bitter taste perception.

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Early developmental change in bitter taste responses in human infants

Kajiura

Cowart

Beauchamp

1992

Developmental Psychobiology

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“…Before birth, the ability to detect sweet tastes is functioning and interacting with systems controlling affect. Upon tasting something sweet, infants born preterm produced stronger and more frequent sucking responses [48, 49] and were less likely to exhibit spontaneous crying when compared to tasting water [50]. Within hours of birth, newborns can differentiate varying degrees of sweetness [51] and will ingest a greater volume of a solution that tastes sweeter [52].…”

Section: The Biopsychology Of Sweet Taste In Childrenmentioning

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The development of sweet taste: From biology to hedonics

Mennella

Bobowski

Reed

2016

Rev Endocr Metab Disord

148

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From the age of two years, an American child is more likely to consume a sugar-sweetened product than a fruit or vegetable on any given day—a troubling statistic, given that food preferences are established early in childhood, as well as the strong association between this dietary pattern and increased risk of developing a number of chronic diseases. Here, we review the ontogeny and biopsychology of sweet taste, highlighting how a biological drive to prefer sweetness at high concentrations during childhood, which would have conferred an advantage in environments of scarcity, now predisposes children to overconsume all that is sweet in a modern food system replete with added sugars. We review the power of sweet taste to blunt expressions of pain and mask bad tastes in foods as well as factors that predispose some to consume high-sugar diets, including experiential learning and taste preferences driven in part by genetics. Understanding children’s unique vulnerability to our current food environment, rich in both nutritive and nonnutritive sweeteners, is highlighted as a priority for future research to develop evidence-based strategies to help establish healthy dietary behaviors early in life.

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“…We and other omnivores are indeed born with a reflexive reaction, "the sweeter the better" (Tatzer, Schubert, Timischl & Simbruner, 1985). Sweetness in itself speeds and shapes suckling in babies (Crook & Lipsitt, 1976).…”

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Chemesthesis, Thermogenesis, and Nutrition

Hirsch¹

2015

Nutrition and Sensation

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Discrimination of taste and preference for sweet in premature babies

Cited by 56 publications

References 10 publications

Early developmental change in bitter taste responses in human infants

Early developmental change in bitter taste responses in human infants

The development of sweet taste: From biology to hedonics

Chemesthesis, Thermogenesis, and Nutrition

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