Background Obesity is a growing chronic public health problem. The causes of obesity are
varied, but food consumption decisions play an important role, especially decisions about …

The inability of humans to adequately regulate fat consumption is a salient contributor to the
development of obesity. The macronutrients, fat, protein and carbohydrate, within foods are …

Taste is a fundamental determinant of food selection, and inter-individual variations in taste
perception may be important risk factors for poor eating habits and obesity. Characterizing …

The objective of this work was to investigate whether the biological film lining the tongue
may play a role in taste perception. For that purpose, the tongue film and saliva of 21 healthy …

Sweet taste is associated with food reward and energy source in the form of carbohydrate.
Excessive sweet consumption is blamed for the prevalence of obesity. However, evidence …

There are numerous and diverse factors enabling the overconsumption of foods, with the
sense of taste being one of these factors. There are four well established basic tastes: sweet …

For more than 50 years, there has been evidence for greater consumption of sweet-foods in
overweight humans and animals, relative to those that have a normal weight. Furthermore, it …

Background The role of taste perception in the development and persistence of obesity is
currently unclear due to conflicting results from psychophysical and other studies. No study …

The upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract plays a critical role in sensing the arrival of a meal,
including its volume as well as nutrient and non-nutrient contents. The presence of the meal …

Taste and olfaction are sensory modalities that act synergistically to orchestrate the
behaviors essential for survival, such as interactions with the environment, nutrient-rich food …