肥胖和不肥胖的老年人的味觉倾向
Maedeh Akbari1,2, Ladan Alizadeh Lemani2,3, Nasim Abedimanesh3
1Department of Exercise Physiology University of Guilan Rasht Iran.
Aging medicine (Milton (N.S.W))
|January 14, 2026
概括
老年人肥胖与口味感知的变化有关,他们更喜欢和脂肪食物,更不喜欢甜味和乌玛米味道. 这些发现可以为老年人提供个性化的饮食计划.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 感官科学 感官科学
背景情况:
- 衰老与影响味觉的生理变化有关.
- 老年人肥胖症对营养管理提出了独特的挑战.
- 了解口味偏好对于在老年人中开发有效的饮食干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究60岁及以上个体的口味偏好与体重指数 (BMI) 之间的关系.
- 为了比较肥胖和非肥胖老年人群之间的口味特征.
- 探索老年人对味觉的潜在性别差异.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及231名老年参与者 (≥60岁) 的横截面研究,在Zanjan市.
- 参与者被分为肥胖 (n=80) 和非肥胖 (n=151) 组.
- 使用食品频率问卷评估味道倾向,涵盖甜,,酸,苦,乌玛米和脂肪味道;统计分析包括皮尔森的相关性和独立样本t测试.
主要成果:
- 在BMI和甜味,苦味和乌玛米味道之间发现了反向相关性.
- 在BMI和和脂肪味道倾向之间观察到积极的相关性.
- 与非肥胖个体相比,肥胖个体表现出较低的甜味/乌玛米和较高的味/脂肪味道倾向,肥胖女性在乌玛米偏好方面存在明显的性别差异.
结论:
- 老年人肥胖的特点是味觉发生变化,包括对味/脂肪味道的偏好增加,对甜味/乌玛米味道的偏好减少.
- 这些老年人的口味变化可能会导致肥胖,需要量身定制的饮食策略.
- 研究结果支持针对老年人群的针对性营养干预措施的开发,这些干预措施基于老年人的口味特征.
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