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  • Sweet-taste perception changes as children develop

    Jul 31, 2020 3:45 pm by Sharita ForrestResearch
    professor of food science and human nutrition M. Yanina Pepino. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

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    • professor of food science and human nutrition M. Yanina Pepino. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

    While adults prefer levels of sweetness similar to typical soft drinks, children and adolescents are less sensitive to the taste and prefer concentrations that are 50% sweeter.