“…pNTs are more likely to be sweet 'likers', those whose hedonic responses increase with increasing sweetness, while pSTs are more likely to be sweet 'dislikers', those whose hedonic responses decreased with increasing sweetness (Looy & Weingarten, 1992;Yeomans, Tepper, Rietzschel, & Prescott, 2007). PROP bitterness intensity, used as a continuous measure or in the categorization of individuals into PTS groups, has been shown to predict liking of cruciferous vegetables, coffee, grapefruit juice, high-fat foods, whiskey, and some beers when ratings are taken from sampled foods or self-reported checklists (Dinehart et al, 2006;Drewnowski, Ahlstrom-Henderson, Hann, Berg, & Ruffin, 2000;Drewnowski, Ahlstrom-Henderson, & Shore, 1997;Drewnowski, Ahlstrom-Henderson, Shore, & Barratt-Fornell, 1998;Duffy, Fast, & Bartoshuk, 1999;Intranuovo & Powers, 1998;Lanier et al, 2005;Tepper & Nurse, 1998;Villarino, Fernandez, Alday, & Cubelo, 2009). It is hypothesized that pNTs' greater liking of high-fat foods leads them to consume more high-fat foods, which, over time, could lead to increased weight gain and obesity-related disease (Duffy, 2007;Tepper & Ullrich, 2002).…”