Genetics and Fat Taste Sensitivity

St Mary's University College

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Taste Sensitivity

Obesity

Treatments

Other: No Intervention

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03666182

SMEC_2017-18_138

Details and patient eligibility

About

A cross-sectional quantitative study will be carried out; recruiting female, Caucasian participants aged 18-65 years. The relevance of candidate gene studies is disputed. Research has shown associations between genotype and total fat intake. However, food preference is often described as a result of exposure to food types during upbringing. Many single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) have been associated with fat taste sensitivity, the majority of research shows that with a reduced sensitivity comes a higher total fat consumption.

This study aims to assess the relationship between rs1761667 genotype, body mass index, fat intake, fat taste sensitivity and fat taste preference.

Enrollment

96 estimated patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

European Citizen.
Caucasian
Aged between 18-65 years.
Female

Exclusion criteria

Currently following a diet or weight loss plan or have not been for over 6 months of the previous year.
Suffering from diabetes (type I or II).
Have cancer, or have not had cancer in the past.
Smoker.
Pregnant.
Lactose intolerant .