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Sweet taste as a predictor of Dietary Intake: A systematic review
Tan & Tucker (2019) conducted a systematic review of studies examining the relationship between taste function/perception and dietary consumption, in order to find the measure of taste most closely associated with dietary intake in healthy adults. Studies were grouped into 3 categories: those that assessed taste sensitivity; taste intensity; and hedonic (pleasure-related) responses to sweet stimuli. While there was little evidence linking sensitivity and intensity with dietary intake measures, hedonic studies were more likely to show associations with dietary consumption, particularly when analyzing participants who like sweetness separately from those who dislike sweet foods. However, the heterogeneity (diversity) among the dietary measures and stimulus concentration of these studies, as well as the small sample sizes, likely made it difficult to determine consistent relationships between the variables. [NPID: perception, taste function, taste perception, taste sensitivity, hedonic, diet diversity]
Year: 2019
