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The level of exposure to sweet foods did not influence adult’s preferences for sweet-tasting foods.

The researchers plan to conduct a similar study in children.

ORLANDO — Eating more sweet-tasting foods did not increase a person’s preference for sweet tastes, according to the results of a parallel randomized clinical trial presented at the annual NUTRITION meeting.

“We were not surprised by the results,” Kees de Graaf , PhD, Emeritus Professor in Sensory Science and Eating Behavior at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, told Healio. “For me, it stood out that, on average, the low and [high sweetness] exposure groups returned to the baseline sweetness exposure levels.”

The level of exposure to sweet foods did not influence adult’s preferences for sweet-tasting

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