Sweet taste perception is a key factor in the establishment of the food pattern with nonstatic
thresholds. Indeed, taste sensitivity can be influenced by physiological factors (age and sex) …

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

Taste is frequently cited as an important factor in food choice, and while a number of studies
have attempted to identify relationships between taste function and dietary intake, a …

Various global public health agencies recommend minimizing exposure to sweet-tasting
foods or beverages. The underlying rationale is that reducing exposure to the perception of …

Diet therapy for diabetes involves controlling carbohydrate intake in order to manage blood
glucose concentrations. Simple carbohydrates, like sucrose, quickly and potently raise blood …

Two distinct patterns of sweet taste liking have been described: one showing a peak liking
response in the mid-range of sucrose concentrations and the other showing a monotonic …

Taste hedonics is a well-documented driver of food consumption. The role of sweetness in
directing ingestive behavior is largely rooted in biology. One can then intuit that individual …

Factors associated with sweetness preference are multi-faceted and incredibly complex. A
scoping review was undertaken to identify determinants of sweetness preference in humans …

A range of psychophysical taste measurements are used to characterize an individual's
sweet taste perception and to assess links between taste perception and dietary intake. The …

Taste and oral sensations from foods and beverages drive food selection. The present study
explored whether markers of variation in taste were associated with variability in sweet …