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- To a certain extent, human evolution underlies our love of particular tastes. From birth, infants show a heightened preference for sweet tastes, compared with adults, and this sweet tooth persists until mid-adolescence, around age 14 to 16, when a child's growth begins to slow.
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Differences in phenotype or genotype may affect taste perceptions and influence food intake preferences in adolescents. Our qualitative assessment of previous studies indicated that bitter-sensitive individuals may have a lower preference for bitter-tasting food and higher preference for sweet-tasting food, though findings were inconsistent.
Jun 20, 2022 · Findings reveal that adolescents' daily energy intake was highest (34%) from foods that taste sweet. Sweet foods were the main calorie contributors at breakfast and daytime snacking, while energy intake from neutral-tasting foods was higher at lunch and dinner.
- 10.3389/fnut.2022.893643
- 2022
- Front Nutr. 2022; 9: 893643.
The principal factors that influence adolescent food choice are echoed around the world, independent of location, age or cultural background. Health is considered important for adolescents, but consistently taste, cost and convenience emerge as key influences on the food choices of adolescents.
Jul 3, 2020 · Studies of adults report that perceived taste affects food choices and intake, which in turn may have an impact on health. However, corresponding evidence on adolescents is limited.
Six papers compared the taste preferences of adolescents with adults. Taste preferences of sucrose, lactose and sodium chloride in children and adults significantly differed by age, with greater preference for sweetness (lactose and sucrose) in the younger group.
We reviewed (1) the biological and social early-life exposures; (2) the prenatal influence of the amniotic fluid; (3) how breast milk and formula may influence taste development; (4) the role of complementary feeding; (5) the parental and sociocultural factors associated with trajectories of health in adulthood. 2.
Body image concerns are prevalent in adolescents, and this can affect their food choices. Taste, price and convenience are commonly noted factors influencing adolescents' food choices, and as they grow, their level of independence increases and spending more time with their peers means that social desirability and social norms about food become ...
