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Genetic taste sensitivity to 6-n-propylthiouracil influences food preference and reported intake in preschool childrenKathleen L Keller
Department of Food Science, Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Appetite 38:3-12. 2002..In addition, taster group differences in acceptance of full-fat milk and intake of discretionary fats seen in girls, suggest that gender-specific environmental factors might interact with genetics to influence fat preferences...- Development of brief methods to classify individuals by PROP taster statusB J Tepper
Department of Food Science, Cook College, Rutgers University, 65 Dudley Road, 08901 8520, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Physiol Behav 73:571-7. 2001..74; P < or =.001]. These data suggest that three- and one-solution methods can reliably classify subjects by taste sensitivity to PROP and could provide valuable tools in population-based studies... 
Genetic variation in taste sensitivity to 6-n-propylthiouracil and its relationship to taste perception and food selectionBeverly J Tepper
Department of Food Science, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901 8520, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1170:126-39. 2009....- Genetic variation in bitter taste and plasma markers of anti-oxidant status in college womenBeverly J Tepper
Department of Food Science, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 0231, USA
Int J Food Sci Nutr 60:35-45. 2009..These findings suggest that PROP status does not associate with overall antioxidant status, but may be related to alpha-tocopherol intake derived principally from vegetable oils and green vegetables... - Variation in the bitter-taste receptor gene TAS2R38, and adiposity in a genetically isolated population in Southern ItalyBeverly J Tepper
Department of Food Science, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:2289-95. 2008..We hypothesized that the nontaster phenotype would be associated with higher BMI and waist circumference (WC) in females, and that dietary restraint would mediate this relationship... - Nutritional implications of genetic taste variation: the role of PROP sensitivity and other taste phenotypesBeverly J Tepper
Department of Food Science, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
Annu Rev Nutr 28:367-88. 2008..A brief history of the field is included and controversies surrounding the use of different PROP screening methods are addressed. The contribution of other receptors (both bitter and nonbitter) to human taste variation is also discussed... - Greater energy intake from a buffet meal in lean, young women is associated with the 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) non-taster phenotypeBeverly J Tepper
Department of Food Science, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, 65 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 0231, USA
Appetite 56:104-10. 2011..Increased responsiveness to a variety of energy-dense foods could be one mechanism contributing to increased energy intake and greater adiposity in non-taster women... - Influence of genetic taste sensitivity to 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP), dietary restraint and disinhibition on body mass index in middle-aged womenBeverly J Tepper
Department of Food Science, Cook College, Rutgers University, 65 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 0231, USA
Physiol Behav 75:305-12. 2002..These findings are discussed in the context of emerging theories relating genetic differences in taste to fat acceptance, fat intake and body weight... - Influence of PROP taster status and maternal variables on energy intake and body weight of pre-adolescentsGretchen L Goldstein
Department of Food Science, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, 65 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 0231, USA
Physiol Behav 90:809-17. 2007..However, BMI%-for-age, a measure of long-term energy balance, was related to child feeding practices and maternal BMI... - Inherited taste sensitivity to 6-n-propylthiouracil in diet and body weight in childrenKathleen L Keller
Rutgers University, Department of Food Science, 65 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520, USA
Obes Res 12:904-12. 2004..Genetic taste factors seem to play a role in the development of dietary patterns and weight differences in young children, but the nature of these relationships may vary with gender... - Understanding creaminess perception of dairy products using free-choice profiling and genetic responsivity to 6-n-propylthiouracilSarah V Kirkmeyer
Department of Food Science, Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
Chem Senses 28:527-36. 2003..These data suggest that the overall impression of creaminess was similar for nontasters and supertasters, but the cues the two groups used to judge creaminess differed... - PROP taster status and self-perceived food adventurousness influence food preferencesNatalia V Ullrich
Department of Food Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 104:543-9. 2004..Previous studies might have overestimated the influence of PROP taster status on rejection of strong-tasting foods by not distinguishing individuals by food adventurousness... - Short-term vegetable intake by young children classified by 6-n-propylthoiuracil bitter-taste phenotypeKendra I Bell
Department of Food Science, Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 84:245-51. 2006..These novel findings suggest that the PROP bitter-taste phenotype contributes to the development of vegetable acceptance and consumption patterns during early childhood... - Adiposity in middle-aged women is associated with genetic taste blindness to 6-n-propylthiouracilGretchen L Goldstein
Rutgers University, Department of Food Science, Cook College, 65 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 0231, USA
Obes Res 13:1017-23. 2005..e., nontasters) had higher BMIs than those with the greatest sensitivity to PROP (i.e., supertasters). This study tested the hypothesis that the nontaster phenotype was associated with greater adiposity in middle-aged women... - A paper screening test to assess genetic taste sensitivity to 6-n-propylthiouracilLiqiang Zhao
Department of Food Science, Cook College, Rutgers University, 65 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520, USA
Physiol Behav 78:625-33. 2003..74 for Groups 1 and 2, respectively; P< or =.001). These results demonstrate that the paper disk method is a reliable screening tool for assessing sensitivity to PROP that has numerous applications in basic and applied research... - Human hedonic responses to sweetness: role of taste genetics and anatomyMartin R Yeomans
Department of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QH, UK
Physiol Behav 91:264-73. 2007..Overall these data confirm that PROP super-tasters are more likely to be sweet dislikers, and that this cannot be explained as secondary to cognitive attitudes to sweetness (restraint) or enhanced sweet intensity...
Research Grants
- Gestational Diabetes in Women:Taste & Endocrine FactorsBEVERLY TEPPER; Fiscal Year: 2005..Non-pregnant controls will also be studied. The long-term goal of this project is to obtain a better understanding of taste changes in GDM to develop better preventative and therapeutic dietary intervention strategies for this disease. ..