In this article, we review findings from basic, experimental research on children that suggest
that the liking of sweet and the dislike of bitter tastes reflect children's basic biology. Children …

Repeated consumption of high-energy nutrient poor foods can lead to undesirable health
outcomes such as obesity. Taste plays an important role in food choice, and a better …

Background: The rise in nutrition-related morbidity and mortality requires public health
intervention programs targeting nutritional behavior. In addition to socio-economical, socio …

The 25 human bitter receptors and their respective genes (TAS2Rs) contain unusually high
levels of allelic variation, which may influence response to bitter compounds in the food …

The foods that tend to be rejected by children include those which may have greatest
importance for later health. This paper reviews some of the intrinsic and extrinsic influences …

The use of natural bioactive constituents from various food sources for anticancer purposes
has become increasingly popular worldwide. Broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) is on …

In the last decade, basic research in chemoreceptor genetics and neurobiology has
revolutionized our understanding of individual differences in chemosensation. From an …

Bitter taste perception plays vital roles in animal behavior and fitness. By signaling the
presence of toxins in foods, particularly noxious defense compounds found in plants, it …

Background: Food preferences vary substantially among adults and children. Twin studies
have established that genes and aspects of the shared family environment both play …

Dietary habits formed in early childhood are key for establishing a healthy diet later in life.
Picky eating and food neophobia–the two main forms of food rejection in young children …