BMI and gender related differences in cross-modal interaction and liking of sensory stimuli. (March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Proserpio, Cristina; Laureati, Monica; Invitti, Cecilia; Cattaneo, Camilla; Pagliarini, Ella
• Is Part Of: Food quality and preference. Volume 56:Part A(2017:Mar.)
• Page Start: 49
• Page End: 54
• Publication Date: 2017-03
• Subjects: Obesity -- Sensory perception -- Custard dessert -- Acceptability -- Food odors -- Energy density; Food preferences -- Periodicals; Food -- Quality -- Periodicals; Food industry and trade -- Quality control -- Periodicals; Préférences alimentaires -- Périodiques; Aliments -- Qualité -- Périodiques; Aliments -- Industrie et commerce -- Qualité -- Contrôle -- Périodiques; Food industry and trade -- Quality control; Food preferences; Food -- Quality; Periodicals; 664
• DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2016.09.011
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0950-3293

Abstract

Highlights: We evaluated BMI and gender in relation to cross-modal interaction and liking. Liking increased with adding butter aroma only in obese subjects. Butter aroma affects the perception of some sensory modalities. Cross-modal interaction occurred differently in relation to BMI. Obese women perceived some sensory properties more intense than obese men. Abstract: Sensory experience and food liking are due to the simultaneous perception of multiple sensory modalities. Among all, the olfactory functions play a major role in detecting food sensory properties and in influencing liking. The differences in sensory perception and their interactions with other modalities are poorly studied in relation to BMI and gender. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether the cross-modal interactions and liking occur differently in normal-weight (NW) and obese (OB) subjects belonged to both sexes. 45 NW subjects (BMI = 22.03 ± 2.14 kg/m 2 ) and 46 OB subjects (BMI = 37.52 ± 5.07 kg/m 2 ) attended two sessions. In the first session, the liking of three custard desserts with increasing concentration of butter aroma, a high-energy dense related aroma, was evaluated. In the second session, the intensity of sensory properties (sweetness, vanilla flavor, butter flavor and creaminess) of the samples was assessed. Results revealed that OB subjects gave higher liking scores to the sample with the major amount of butter aroma compared to NW subjects. This difference is due to odor-taste and odor-odor interactions elicited by high-energy dense related aroma in the OB group. Moreover, OB women were found to perceive the sweetness and vanilla flavor more intense than OB men. Understanding the multisensory processes involved in food perception and liking in relation to BMI and gender could have important implication into the control of energy intake and this approach could be useful in order to prevent overconsumption.