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World J Diabetes. Oct 15, 2014; 5(5): 717-723
Published online Oct 15, 2014. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v5.i5.717
Published online Oct 15, 2014. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v5.i5.717
Taste sensitivity, nutritional status and metabolic syndrome: Implication in weight loss dietary interventions
Simona Bertoli, Alberto Battezzati, Emanuele Cereda, Angela Spadafranca, Laila Vignati, International Center for the Assessment of Nutritional Status, Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, University of Milan, 20133 Milano, Italy
Monica Laureati, Valentina Bergamaschi, Ella Pagliarini, Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, University of Milan, 20133 Milano, Italy
Author contributions: Bertoli S and Pagliarini E contributed to study design; Laureati M, Bergamaschi V, Cereda E, Spadafranca A and Vignati L contributed to data collection; Cereda E contributed to data analyses; Bertoli S, Laureati M, Battezzati A, Cereda E and Pagliarini E contributed to data interpretation; Laureati M and Cereda E contributed to manuscript drafting; Bertoli S, Battezzati A and Pagliarini E contributed to critical revision of the manuscript; all the authors significantly contributed to the work, read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Simona Bertoli, MD, PhD, International Center for the Assessment of Nutritional Status, Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, University of Milan, Via Botticelli 21, 20133 Milan, Italy. simona.bertoli@unimi.it
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Received: December 13, 2013
Revised: June 3, 2014
Accepted: June 20, 2014
Published online: October 15, 2014
Revised: June 3, 2014
Accepted: June 20, 2014
Published online: October 15, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: This paper analyzed for the first time the relationship between taste sensitivity, nutritional status and metabolic syndrome parameters and its effects on the success of weight loss dietary program. We found that taste sensitivity appears related to weight excess and to metabolic syndrome only in the case of salty taste, while there is no implication related to a weight loss program.