Taste perception in massively obese and in non-obese adolescents

Pasquet, Patrick; Frelut, M.-L.; Simmen, Bruno; Hladik, Claude Marcel; Monneuse, Marie-Odile

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“…Nonetheless, this association appeared independent of overall BMI. This result seems in conflict with the recent findings by Pasquet et al [16] who found a female-specific but positive association between taste sensitivity for sweet and salty tastes and the number of obesity-related metabolic disorders in a group of adolescents. This inconsistency may be ascribed to the different approach used to measure taste thresholds and to the fact that, contrary to Pasquet et al [16] study, adolescents were not considered in the present experiment.…”

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“…This result seems in conflict with the recent findings by Pasquet et al [16] who found a female-specific but positive association between taste sensitivity for sweet and salty tastes and the number of obesity-related metabolic disorders in a group of adolescents. This inconsistency may be ascribed to the different approach used to measure taste thresholds and to the fact that, contrary to Pasquet et al [16] study, adolescents were not considered in the present experiment. The positive association found between higher threshold for salty taste and Mets probably is dependent, at least partially, on association between higher threshold for salty taste and hypertension as suggested by Rabin et al [29] .…”

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“…A recent neuroimaging study seems to support this hypothesis showing that gustatory stimulation induced differential fMRI brain activation patterns in obese patients compared to healthy control subjects [15] . Moreover, a possible interaction between tasting profile such as sweet liking or supertasting status with metabolic syndrome has been suggested in adolescence [16] and more recently in the adults [17] . Finally, other investigators have reported that taste sensitivity may be affected by shortterm caloric deprivation in both overweight and lean subjects, with lower thresholds of perception in fasted state than in satiated state [18,19] .…”

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“…Pasquet et al [16] observed that massively obese adolescents have lower thresholds for taste recognition than normal-weight controls. Obrebowski et al [30] found that children and adolescents with simple obesity have lowered electrogustometric thresholds.…”

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Taste sensitivity, nutritional status and metabolic syndrome: Implication in weight loss dietary interventions

Bertoli¹,

Laureati²,

Battezzati³

et al. 2014

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AIM:We investigated the relationship between taste sensitivity, nutritional status and metabolic syndrome and possible implications on weight loss dietary program. METHODS:Sensitivity for bitter, sweet, salty and sour tastes was assessed by the three-Alternative-ForcedChoice method in 41 overweight (OW), 52 obese (OB) patients and 56 normal-weight matched controls. OW and OB were assessed also for body composition (by impedence), resting energy expenditure (by indirect calorimetry) and presence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and were prescribed a weight loss diet. Compliance to the weight loss dietary program was defined as adherence to control visits and weight loss ≥ 5% in 3 mo. RESULTS:Sex and age-adjusted multiple regression models revealed a significant association between body mass index (BMI) and both sour taste (P < 0.05) and global taste acuity score (GTAS) (P < 0.05), with lower sensitivity with increasing BMI. This trend in sensitivity for sour taste was also confirmed by the model refitted on the OW/OB group while the association with GTAS was marginally significant (P = 0.06). MetS+ subjects presented higher thresholds for salty taste when compared to MetS-patients while no significant difference was detected for the other tastes and GTAS. As assessed by multiple regression model, the association between salty taste and MetS appeared to be independent of sex, age and BMI. Patients continuing the program (n = 37) did not show any difference in baseline taste sensitivity when compared to drop-outs (n = 29). Similarly, no significant difference was detected between patients reporting and not reporting a weight loss ≥ 5% of the initial body weight. No significant difference in taste sensitivity was detected even after dividing patients on the basis of nutritional (OW and OB) or metabolic status (MetS+ and MetS-). CONCLUSION:There is no cause-effect relationship between overweight and metabolic derangements. Taste thresholds assessment is not useful in predicting the outcome of a diet-induced weight loss program.

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“…The preference for sweet and high-fat foods is frequently reported as being associated with obesity development: obese people appear to have higher preferences for sweet and fat foods and their positive response to fat becomes even greater when sweetness is added to fatty foods [2]; moreover, different authors refer to the association between sweet taste perception and body weight [3,4], with sweet detection/recognition thresholds being reported as significantly lower in morbidly obese adolescents [5].…”

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Salivary proteome and glucose levels are related with sweet taste sensitivity in young adults

Rodrigues

Costa

Cordeiro

et al. 2017

Food & Nutrition Research

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Sweet taste plays a critical role in determining food preferences and choices. Similar to what happens for other oral sensations, individuals differ in their sensitivity for sweet taste and these inter-individual differences may be responsible for variations in food acceptance. Despite evidence that saliva plays a role in taste perception, this fluid has been mainly studied in the context of bitterness or astringency. We investigated the possible relationship between sweet taste sensitivity and salivary composition in subjects with different sucrose detection thresholds. Saliva collected from 159 young adults was evaluated for pH, total protein concentration and glucose. One-and bi-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) were performed and protein profiles compared between sweet sensitivity groups, with proteins that were differently expressed being identified by MALDI-FTICR-MS. Moreover, Western blotting was performed for salivary carbonic anhydrase VI (CA-VI) and cystatins and salivary amylase enzymatic activity was assessed in order to compare groups. Females with low sensitivity to sweet taste had higher salivary concentrations of glucose compared to those with sensitivity. For protein profiles, some differences were sex-dependent, with higher levels of α-amylase and CA-VI in lowsensitivity individuals and higher levels of cystatins in sensitive ones for both sexes. Body mass index was not observed to affect the association between salivary proteome and taste sensitivity. To our knowledge, these are the first data showing an association between sweet taste and saliva proteome. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Taste and Food Choices

Drewnowski

Monsivais²

2012

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Taste perception in massively obese and in non-obese adolescents

Abstract: Massively obese subjects have higher taste sensitivity than control subjects, especially for sucrose and salt. This can be explained, to some extent, by the influence of obesity-related metabolic disorders, which appears to be gender-specific.

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Taste sensitivity, nutritional status and metabolic syndrome: Implication in weight loss dietary interventions

Taste sensitivity, nutritional status and metabolic syndrome: Implication in weight loss dietary interventions

Salivary proteome and glucose levels are related with sweet taste sensitivity in young adults

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