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Taste sensitivity and lifestyle are associated with food preferences and BMI in...
Rodrigues, L; Silverio, R; Costa, AR; Antunes, C; Pomar, C; Infante, P; Conceição, C; Amado, F; Lamy, EOral food perception together with lifestyle may affect food preferences and choices, influencing weight gain and obesity development. The present study was designed to evaluate the association of biological (taste sensitivity) and lifestyle variables with children food preferences, assessing whether all these variables contribute to explain BMI percentile. After anthropometric evaluation, 387 children were cla...
Saliva protein composition relates with inter-individual variations in bread se...
Lamy, E; Santos, V; Barrambana, S; Simões, C; Carreira, L; Infante, P; Capela e Silva, FSensory perception of starch‐based products associates with salivary α‐amylase enzymatic activity. Besides this, other proteins relate to taste sensitivity and oral food processing. As such, the participation of different salivary constituents in starch‐rich food's sensory evaluation cannot be excluded. This study aims to identify salivary proteins altered by bread mastication and correlated with sensory rating...