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Taste Responsiveness in Anorexia Nervosa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Yves Simon ,
France Bellisle ,
Marie-Odile Monneuse ,
Bertrand Samuel-Lajeunesse  and
Adam Drewnowski
Yves Simon
Affiliation:
Hôpital Erasme, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070 Bruxelles, Belgium
France Bellisle
Affiliation:
Nutrition Humaine, Hôtel-Dieu, Place du Parvis Notre Dame, 75004 Paris, France
Marie-Odile Monneuse
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Neurobiologie de la Nutrition, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Universite de Paris VI, Paris, France
Bertrand Samuel-Lajeunesse
Affiliation:
Hôpital Ste Anne, 100 rue de la Sante, 75014 Paris, France
Adam Drewnowski*
Affiliation:
Human Nutrition Program, School of Public Health M-5170, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Preferences for sugar/fat mixtures were examined in 12 anorectic females and in 14 normal-weight volunteer controls. The subjects, recruited at an eating-disorders clinic in Paris, were tested after an overnight fast and 2 hours after lunch. Anorectic patients disliked the taste of foods rich in fat more than did controls. Perceptions and preferences for sweet taste did not differ between anorectic females and controls. After lunch, taste preference ratings were equally reduced in both groups, suggesting that satiety aversion to sucrose is present even in anorexia nervosa.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 162 , Issue 2 , February 1993 , pp. 244 - 246
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1993 

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