Taste the texture. The relation between subjective tactile sensitivity, mouthfeel and picky eating in young adults
Taste the texture. The relation between subjective tactile sensitivity, mouthfeel and picky eating in young adults
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DOI：
10.1016/j.appet.2019.01.015
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发表时间：
2019-05-01
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5.4
通讯作者：
Havermans, Remco C.
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作者：
Nederkoorn, Chantal;Houben, Katrijn;Havermans, Remco C.
选择性或挑食可能是一个障碍，为多样化的饮食。人们拒绝某些食物的原因之一是因为他们不喜欢它们的质地。几项研究表明，儿童的触觉敏感性与饮食中的挑剔有关。不喜欢用手触摸沙子或粘糊糊的东西的孩子也会拒绝更多种类的食物，这可能是因为孩子对几种食物质地的变化更敏感。然而，几乎没有任何关于触觉敏感性在成人食物接受中的作用的研究。因此，两个重要的问题是：触觉敏感性与成年人的挑食有关吗？如果是这样，触觉敏感性和挑食之间的关系是否由触觉敏感性介导？在目前的研究中，挑食，主观触觉灵敏度，并评价挑食的87名本科生进行了测量。这三个指标似乎是中度相关的，主观触觉敏感度和挑食之间的关系与饮食中的介导。这些结果表明，在成年人中，触觉敏感性在接受更多种类的食物方面也起着重要作用。这意味着，当旨在改变或改善成人的饮食质量时，应考虑食物质地的接受程度。
Selective or picky eating can be an obstacle for a varied diet. One reason why people reject certain foods is because they do not like the texture. Several studies show that in children tactile sensitivity is related to pickiness in eating. Children who do not like the feel of sand or of slimy substances with their hands also reject more kinds of food, presumably because the children are more sensitive to the mouthfeel of several food textures. There is however hardly any research on the role of tactile sensitivity in adult food acceptance. Two important questions therefore are: Is tactile sensitivity related to picky eating in adults and if so, does mouthfeel mediate the relation between tactile sensitivity and pickiness? In the current study, picky eating, subjective tactile sensitivity, and evaluation of mouthfeel were measured in 87 undergraduate students. It appeared that the three measures are moderately related, with mouthfeel mediating the relation between subjective tactile sensitivity and pickiness in eating. These results show that in adults too, tactile sensitivity plays a role in the acceptance of a larger variety of foods. This means that when aiming to change or improve dietary quality of adults, acceptance of food texture should be taken into account.