Associations between the ability to detect a bitter taste, dietary behavior, and growth: a preliminary report

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009 Jul:1170:553-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04482.x.

Abstract

Information from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) has been used to assess the relationships between the 10-year-old child's response to a bitter taste test using PROP, features of early childhood feeding characteristics and 10-year-old height, weight, and body mass index. Children who were tasters (75% of sample) were slightly more likely to have been described as fussy eaters than the nontasters, and the supertasters were more likely to be in the lowest height decile at age 10.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Diet*
  • Food Preferences*
  • Growth*
  • Humans
  • Taste*