Characterization and Comparison of Dietary Taste Patterns in Five Countries With Differing Obesity Prevalence
Claudia S Tang, Gilly A Hendrie, David N Cox, Monica Mars, Kees de Graaf, Katherine M Appleton · 2026
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Description
Taste shapes what nations eat, and a 2026 study by Tang and co-authors compares taste patterns across five countries. The countries span low to high obesity rates, from France to the United States. Taste scores for sweet, salt, sour, bitter, savory, and fatty feel were assigned to foods in national diet records.
All five diets shared neutral, bitter, and sweet clusters of foods. Sweet taste gave the largest share of total taste exposure in every country. Salt and fatty feel also ran high across diets. The United States led on salt and savory exposure, the Dutch on bitter, and the French on sour. The maps may help food policy aim at the tastes that drive overeating.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Claudia S Tang, Gilly A Hendrie, David N Cox, Monica Mars, Kees de Graaf, Katherine M Appleton |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |