Sensory influences on food intake control: Moving beyond palatability

The main objective of this 2012 Korean study was to determine whether self-perception of diet quality is connected to personality, impulsiveness, stress, coping strategy, sense of coherence, self-efficacy and social support. This cross-sectional study gathered data by conducting 15-minute face-to-face interviews with 1530 South Korean volunteers (aged 30-69) without a history of cancer. Respondents were […]

While consuming diets high in sugar and fats lower taste sensations, alters food choices, and facilitates feeding, May et al. (2020) planned to find out how these changes influence eating by using a genetically tractable (modifiable) organism called D. melanogaster. The scientists monitored the activity of a specific set of neurons in the organism referred […]