Taste sensitivities mediate differential snack choices across BMI groups: a study with New Zealand young male individuals
Authors' conclusion
Our study revealed that gustatory sensitivity can mediate the relationship between BMI and energy consumption from different snacks. These findings highlight the significance of taste perception in shaping snack choice, suggesting potential strategies for interventions aimed at addressing gustatory sensitivity to promote healthier dietary preferences.
Study context
- Population
- European young male individuals in New Zealand; snacks classified by taste pattern by a separate cohort of 327 participants
- Participants
- 98 individuals
- Exposure
- Higher-BMI vs lower-BMI group
- Outcome
- Snack choices (taste-based snack categories) across BMI groups and mediation by gustatory sensitivity
- Follow-up
- Food intake over 4 days
Methodological detailssensory and nutritional assessments, mediation analyses
- Sensory and nutritional assessments
- Mediation analyses
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Snack choices across BMI groups
- Greater choice of "Sweet" and "Sweet+Fat" snacks with higher BMI mediated by sensitivities to sweetness and lipid perception
- p = 0.008-0.044
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Taste sensitivities mediate differential snack choices across BMI groups: a study with New Zealand young male individuals. Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 1 July 2024. doi:10.
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