Friday, March 2, 2012

Study begins to unlock the development of child taste preferences

GRAY, Nathan. Study begins to unlock the development of child taste preferences, Food navigator, January 28th 2012.


Abstract:
This paper presents a study which showed that consumption of fast food has a significant impact on the lips of children who develop poor dietary preferences.
Quotation:
« The findings, published online in the journal Appetite suggest that children with detailed mental representations of fast food and soda brands – as developed by advertising and experience – have higher scores on an ‘added flavour’ sugar/fat/salt (SFS) liking palate.
“If taste preference is playing a role in the obesity epidemic, how can we identify a starting point for change? … It seems that we must begin by addressing the development of palate and the preference for particular foods and thus, we must start with young children,” said the authors, co-author Dr. T. Bettina Cornwell from the University of Oregon.
“This research on child palate contributes to the potential for change by firstly identifying that early food-related behaviours are important to the discussion and by offering a new focus for food manufacturers, policy, and future research,” they said. »
Index terms:
Junk food, fast food, child nutrition, health.
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