“…1,2 Gustatory sensitivity, namely, taste acuity, is associated with oral stimulation, which determines food choice, amount consumed, and initiation and sensation of eating and thereby directly affects the nutritional status of a person. [3][4][5][6][7] Although taste is one of the important factors in a patient's quality of life, 8,9 compared to numerous studies on the olfactory sensitivity of obese patients, [10][11][12] there are only a number of studies in gustatory sensitivity of obese patients before or after surgical treatment. In addition, most of these studies focused on the change in sweet taste sensitivity of obese patients, probably due to association of leptin, a hormone regulating food intake, energy expenditure, and body weight with sweet taste threshold.…”