Sensory Influences on Food Intake Control: Moving Beyond Palatability

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Sensory Influences on Food Intake Control: Moving Beyond Palatability
Title:
Sensory Influences on Food Intake Control: Moving Beyond Palatability
Journal Title:
Obesity Reviews
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Publication Date:
01 December 2015
Citation:
McCrickerd, K. and Forde, C.G. (2016). Sensory influences on food intake control: moving beyond palatability. Obesity Reviews, Volume 17, 18–29. DOI: 10.1111/obr.12340.
Abstract:
The sensory experience of eating is an important determinant of food intake control, often attributed to the positive hedonic response associated with certain sensory cues. However, palatability is just one aspect of the sensory experience. Sensory cues based on a food's sight, smell, taste and texture are operational before, during and after an eating event. The focus of this review is to look beyond palatability and highlight recent advances in our understanding of how certain sensory characteristics can be used to promote better energy intake control. We consider the role of visual and odour cues in identifying food in the near environment, guiding food choice and memory for eating, and highlight the ways in which tastes and textures influence meal size and the development of satiety after consumption. Considering sensory characteristics as a functional feature of the foods and beverages we consume provides the opportunity for research to identify how sensory enhancements might be combined with energy reduction in otherwise palatable foods to optimize short-term energy intake regulation in the current food environment. Moving forward, the challenge for sensory nutritional science will be to assess the longer-term impact of these principles on weight management.
License type:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Funding Info:
Grant Title: Human Nutritional Sciences Research Type of Grant: A*STAR BMRC Strategic Positioning Fund (SPF) Grant Code: SFP2013/003
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ISSN:
1467-7881
1467-789X
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