大人の苦い味の感受性と体重の関連性:体系的なレビューとメタ解析
Alia Shareef1, Getahun Fentaw Mulaw2,3, Kruti Rathore4
1School of Allied Health, Sport and Social Work, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland 4222, Australia.
Nutrition reviews
|August 28, 2025
まとめ
苦い味に対する感受性は,成人における全体的な体重状態に有意な影響を及ぼさない. しかし,体脂肪の分布に影響し,体重管理戦略における微妙な役割を示唆しています.
科学分野:
- 栄養学
- 人間の生理学
- 遺伝学
背景:
- 苦い味の知覚は食事習慣と食物の消費に影響する.
- 苦い味の感受性と体重の関係に関する既存の研究は不確実です.
- この関係を理解することは 効果的な体重管理とダイエット戦略の開発に不可欠です
研究 の 目的:
- 苦い味の感受性と成人の体重状態との関連を体系的に検討し,メタ分析する.
- メタ・リグレッションを用いて,この関係の潜在的なモデレーターを探求する.
主な方法:
- 総合的なメタ分析とメタリグレッションが行われました.
- 2024年3月までの主要科学データベース (EMBASE,MEDLINE,CINAHL,Scopus,PsycInfo) で体系的な文献検索が行われました.
- 健康な成人を対象とした27の研究のデータを分析し,味覚や人体測定を評価した.
主要な成果:
- 苦い味の感受性と全体的な体重状態との間に有意な関連性は見つかりませんでした (Cohen' s dz = - 0. 02).
- サブグループ分析では,非試食者,中級試食者,スーパー試食者の間で有意な差異は明らかにならなかった.
- メタ・リグレッションでは,腰と腰の比率が有意なモデレーター (P=0. 004) であり,体脂肪の分布に影響を及ぼすことが示された.
結論:
- 苦い味の感受性は,成人の全体的な体重状態を決定する有意な要因ではないようです.
- この発見は,苦い味の感受性が体脂肪の分布を調節する潜在的役割を果たすことを示唆している.
- 高度な異質性と方法論的多様性は,この分野における標準化された研究プロトコルの必要性を強調しています.
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