Associations between the ability to detect a bitter taste, dietary behavior, and growth: a preliminary report.
Information from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) has been used to assess the relationships between the 10-year-old child's response to a bitter taste test using PROP, features of early childhood feeding characteristics and 10-year-old height, weight, and body mass index. Children who were tasters (75% of sample) were slightly more likely to have been described as fussy eaters than the nontasters, and the supertasters were more likely to be in the lowest height decile at age 10.
Golding
Jean
J
Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom. jean.golding@bristol.ac.uk
Steer
Colin
C
Emmett
Pauline
P
Bartoshuk
Linda M
LM
Horwood
Jeremy
J
Smith
George Davey
GD
D002648:Child; D004032:Diet; D005518:Food Preferences; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D013649:Taste