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标题：Sensory Capacities and Eating Behavior: Intriguing Results from a Large Cohort of Italian Individuals
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作者：Maria Pina Concas ; Anna Morgan ; Paola Tesolin 等
期刊名称：Foods
电子版ISSN：2304-8158
出版年度：2022
卷号：11
期号：5
DOI：10.3390/foods11050735
语种：English
出版社：MDPI Publishing
摘要：Eating behavior (EB) is a complex system influenced by many factors, but an undisputed role is played by the senses. In this work, we examined the effect of the sensory capacities on EB in 1152 Italian adult individuals. After administering a questionnaire on EB and assessing sensory performance through standard audiometric, olfactory, and taste tests, the prevalence of reduced sensory capacities (RSCs) and the correlation with selected risk factors were calculated. Regression models, structural equation modelling, and conditional recursive partitioning were used to investigate the relationship between variables. Around 70% of the subjects show reduced capacities in at least one sense, with taste being the most prevalent (55.21%). Male sex, aging, and low educational level are risk factors for RSCs. The increased number of senses with reduced capacities is a predictor of diminished food adventurousness and lower liking for vegetables, fish, and alcoholic beverages, while reduced capacities (RCs) in taste is a predictor of lower liking for alcoholic beverages and sweets. Overall, in addition to providing an overall picture of RSCs in Italian samples, our study reveals the association of RSCs with EB variables. This finding could have a relevant role in influencing individuals’ dietary habits and, therefore, health status.
关键词：enfood adventurousnessfood likingsensory capacitiestastesmellhearingstructural equation modellingconditional recursive partitioning analysis