Shifting Salty Taste Preferences in Children

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Development

In brief

The goals of the proposed research are to determine whether repeated exposure to a low sodium food will result in reduced preference for salt in that food among children; and to determine whether such reductions in preference are related to dietary intake of salt, taste receptor genotype, and anthropometric and physiological measures.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02909764

Run by

Monell Chemical Senses Center

People needed

39

Starts

2016-01-01

Expected to finish

2016-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-09-30

Who can join

Age: 7 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Healthy
• Willingness to consume no other cereals during intervention

You may not qualify if…

• Allergies and/or taking medication that affects taste

Where it is running

• Monell Chemical Senses Center — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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