Sweetness of diet and food consumption by infants.
Normal female infants were studied from 8 to 112 days of age to determine the effect on food consumption of feeding formulas that differed widely in sweetness. One formula contained sucrose and the other a bland-tasting cornstarch hydrolysate. In a balanced, crossover design, it was found that food consumption was significantly greater during intervals in which the sweeter formula was fed.
D001835:Body Weight; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects*; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013395:Sucrose / Q000494:pharmacology; D013649:Taste
D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D013395:Sucrose