A study involving 99 obese children and 94 normal weight ones found that obese children were less likely to identify individual taste sensations correctly.
For the study the participants were given taste strips with 5 different tastes and 2 blank strips.
The strips were placed on the tongue and they were asked to identiy the tastes.
The obese children identified sweet taste as much lower in intensity than other children.
It is believed that heighthened sensitivity to different tastes may help reduce food intake.
Based on the result of this study, obese children may be at risk of consuming more calories and sugar because they identify sweet as less intense.
The study didn't report whether obesity wasa cause of the taste dicrepancy or the taste discrepancy resulted in the child being obese.
Consuming too many calories and sugar are causes of obesity.
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