Despite anecdotal reports of children being more sensitive to texture than adults, and of
texture being one of the main drivers of food aversions, there is a paucity of scientific …

Food habits, an integral part of all cultures, have their beginnings during early life. This
chapter reviews the development of the senses of taste and smell, which provide information …

Although the analgesic effect of sucrose on newborns is well established, little is known
about whether these solutions are effective in reducing procedural pain in infants beyond …

As an important public health issue, childhood depression deserves special attention,
considering the serious and lasting consequences of the disease to child development …

With substance use disorder rates rising, there is an urgent need for new and effective
treatment modalities. The utilization of nutrition services in addiction treatment has not been …

Alcoholism (alcohol dependence and alcohol use disorder, AUD) is quintessentially
behavioral in nature. AUD is behaviorally and genetically complex. This review discusses …

Given prior literature focused on the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
framework, there is strong rationale to hypothesize that reducing depression in the prenatal …

The nonnutritive sweetener (NNS) acesulfame potassium (Ace-K) elicits a bitter off-taste that
varies among adults due to polymorphisms in a bitter taste receptor gene. Whether …

Background We tested the hypothesis that high novelty seeking (NS)(a trait that promotes
experimentation) and sweet‐liking (SL)(a phenotype that may reflect processing of hedonic …

Cough is among the most common symptoms with which people present for medical
attention, but evidence-based treatments remain limited. One issue compromising …