Variation in the gene TAS2R38 is associated with the eating behavior disinhibition in Old Order Amish women.

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2009.09.011

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Variation in the gene TAS2R38 is associated with the eating behavior disinhibition in Old Order Amish women.

Appetite - 1 Feb 2010

Dotson Cedrick D, Shaw Hillary L, Mitchell Braxton D, Munger Steven D, Steinle Nanette I

Abstract excerpt

Insensitivity to the bitter-tasting compound 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) has been proposed as a marker for individual differences in taste perception that influence food preference and intake. The principal genetic determinants of phenotypic variation in PROP taste sensitivity are alleles of the...

Topics

Diet
Feeding Behavior
Female
Genetic Variation
Humans
Hunger
Hyperphagia
Inhibition, Psychological
Male
Middle Aged
Pennsylvania
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
Protestantism
Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
Sex Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Taste
Taste Receptors, Type 2

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PMID: 19782709
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2009.09.011
PMCID: PMC2938875

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