Changes in olfactory function in children and adolescents with obesity following an inpatient weight loss program: a longitudinal study
Bea Klos, Helene Sauer, Verena Steinhauser, Jessica Godwin, Kathrin Ohla, Valentin A. Schriever, Stephan Zipfel, Paul Enck, Isabelle Mack · 2026
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Bea Klos leads a 2026 study of smell in children and teens with obesity during a stay-in weight loss program. Smell shapes eating behavior, yet little work has tested it in young patients. Sixty young people, about thirteen years old on average, joined a program mixing food therapy, activity, stress care, and behavior work for about thirty-eight days.
Smell tests covered detection, telling odors apart, and naming odors, before and after the program. At the start, scores were mostly in the normal range for their age. After weight loss, only odor naming improved a little; other scores held steady and did not track weight change. Self-ratings of smell also matched test results poorly, the team found.
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| CREATOR | Bea Klos, Helene Sauer, Verena Steinhauser, Jessica Godwin, Kathrin Ohla, Valentin A. Schriever, Stephan Zipfel, Paul Enck, Isabelle Mack |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42480 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |