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Evaluation of the Monell forced-choice, paired-comparison tracking procedure for determining sweet taste preferences across the lifespan.
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Lack of methodology to assess taste in children limits its measurement in research studies that include pediatric populations. We used the Monell 2-series, forced-choice tracking method to measure sucrose preferences of a racially/ethnically diverse sample (n = 949) of children, adolescents, and adults. Reliability was assessed by comparing the results of the first series with the second series. Validity was assessed by relating participants' sucrose preferences to their preferences for foods varying in sweetness. The task required, on average, 7 presentations of aqueous sucrose solution pairs. Children and adolescents preferred more concentrated sweetness than adults (P < 0.001). Black children/adolescents preferred a more concentrated sucrose solution than did White children/adolescents even when gender, parental education level, and family income were used as covariates. Data from a single series were sufficient to detect age-related differences but insufficient to detect racial/ethnic differences in sweet preferences. Level of sweetness preferred significantly correlated with the sugar content of favorite cereals (P < 0.001) and beverages (P < 0.02). This method is brief and has evidence of reliability and external validity. Although a single series will yield useful information about age-related differences in taste preferences, the 2-series version should be considered when differences in race/ethnicity are of interest.
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“For example, in a recent study of 930 participants, children most preferred a 0.54-mol/L sucrose concentration (32) that was equivalent to 11 tsp (~44 g) of sugar in an 8-oz (240 mL) glass of water, nearly twice the sugar concentration of a typical cola.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Mennella, J. A., Lukasewycz, L. D., Griffith, J. W., & Beauchamp, G. K.
- Affiliations
- Monell Chemical Senses Center (US)
- Northwestern University (US)
- Venue
- Chemical Senses
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2011-01-12
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 345-355
- ISSN
- 0379-864X (ISSN-L)
- 1464-3553
- PMC
- PMC3073533
- OpenAlex
- W2107163993
- Cited by
- 139
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 9
- FWCI
- 8.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Chemical Senses (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Pennsylvania Department of Health
- National Institutes of Health (HHS-N-260–2006-00007-C)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01AA009523, R01AA09523)
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD37119)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01‐HD37119, R01HD037119)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Keywords
- sweet taste preference, sucrose preference, racial and ethnic differences, Black children, test-retest reliability, generalizability
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Body Weight, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Food Preferences, Humans, Male, Psychometrics, Sucrose, Taste Perception, Young Adult
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