Assessing Food Preferences and Neophobias among Spanish Adolescents from Castilla-La Mancha.

ABSTRACT: Food neophobia is a reaction of dislike or fear of food, which may be due to a wide variety of factors (taste, texture, exposure at an early age, genetics, or diversity in feeding practices and food consumption). The aim of this study was to assess the preferences for tastes and foods and food neophobias among Spanish adolescents and to compare the differences between boys and girls. This was a cross-sectional observational study on 11-18-year-old healthy adolescents (n = 600; 50% female) recruited in the Castilla-La Mancha region (central Spain). Information on taste preferences, food neophobias, anthropometric measurements, and sociodemographic data was recorded. The highest taste preference was found for sweet, salty, and umami. Most adolescents usually did not try new foods outside the

SUBMITTER: Del Campo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10606373 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature