title: Sodium regulation: Sensory aspects.
abstract: A first step in reducing salt intake is to understand sensory control of ingestion. Salt and taste, the methodology for studying taste in human beings, the development of response to salt by infants and children, and dietary sodium and salt preference are discussed. The author's conclusion is that at present it is not possible to answer the question of why people consume as much salt as they do. More research is needed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004039:Diet, Sodium-Restricted; D005518:Food Preferences; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D013649:Taste / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride