Article
Genetic and environmental determinants of bitter perception and sweet preferences.
Pediatrics - 1 Feb 2005
Mennella Julie A, Pepino M Yanina, Reed Danielle R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Flavor is the primary dimension by which young children determine food acceptance. However, children are not merely miniature adults because sensory systems mature postnatally and their responses to certain tastes differ markedly from adults. Among these differences are heightened pref...
Topics
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Black People
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Food Preferences
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Propylthiouracil
- Receptors, Cell Surface
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
- Sucrose
- Taste
- Taste Threshold
- White People
- Taste Receptors, Type 2