Highlights•Low-fat diet decreases fat taste thresholds (increased sensitivity to C18: 1) in lean
and obese people.•High-fat diet increases fat taste thresholds (decreased sensitivity to C18 …

There are well known phenotypic differences in sweet-liking across individuals, but it
remains unknown whether these are related to broader underlying differences in …

Human desire for sweet taste spans all ages, races, and cultures. Throughout evolution,
sweetness has had a role in human nutrition, helping to orient feeding behavior toward …

Increased energy consumption, especially increased consumption of sweet energy-dense
food, is thought to be one of the main contributors to the escalating rates in overweight …

Sweet taste is a powerful factor influencing food acceptance. There is considerable variation
in sweet taste perception and preferences within and among species. Although learning and …

Background There are consistent, evidence-based global public health recommendations to
reduce intakes of free sugars. However, the corresponding evidence for recommending …

Variation in ability to detect, recognize, and perceive sweetness may influence food
consumption, and eventually chronic nutrition-related conditions such as overweight and …

Investigations on the relationship between sweet taste perception and body mass index
(BMI) have been inconclusive. Here, we report a longitudinal analysis using a genetically …

Originating from studies on rats, the 'taste confusion'hypothesis predicts that exposure to low-
calorie sweeteners (LCS) will impair compensatory responses to sugar intake, resulting in …

Links between individual sweetness perception and sugar intake have been previously
explored, with highly contrasting results. The current study aims to test individual-based …