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Associations between the Ability to Detect a Bitter Taste, Dietary Behavior, and Growth
Author(s) -
Golding Jean,
Steer Colin,
Emmett Pauline,
Bartoshuk Linda M.,
Horwood Jeremy,
Smith George Davey
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04482.x
Subject(s) - decile , taste , bitter taste , longitudinal study , body mass index , demography , medicine , psychology , food science , biology , mathematics , statistics , endocrinology , pathology , sociology
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.