| Autor: |
Jilani H; Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, 28359 Bremen, Germany.; Institute for Public Health and Nursing Science, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany., Pohlabeln H; Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, 28359 Bremen, Germany., De Henauw S; Department of Public Health, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium., Eiben G; Department of Biomedicine and Public Health, School of Health and Education, University of Skövde, 54128 Skövde, Sweden., Hunsberger M; Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden., Molnar D; Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, University of Pécs, 7623 Pécs, Hungary., Moreno LA; GENUD (Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development) Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain., Pala V; Department of Research, Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, 20133 Milan Italy., Russo P; Institute of Food Sciences, National Research Council, 83100 Avellino, Italy., Solea A; Research and Education Institute of Child Health, 2035 Strovolos, Cyprus., Veidebaum T; Department of Chronic Diseases, National Institute for Health Development, 11619 Tallin, Estonia., Ahrens W; Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, 28359 Bremen, Germany.; Institute of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany., Hebestreit A; Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, 28359 Bremen, Germany. hebestr@leibniz-bips.de., Idefics And I Family Consortia OBOT |
| Abstrakt: |
To assess the relative validity of our food and beverage preference questionnaire we investigated the association between sweet and fatty taste preference scores (assessed using a food and beverage preference questionnaire) and sweet and fatty food propensity scores (derived from a food frequency questionnaire). In I.Family, a large European multi-country cohort study, 12,207 participants from Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain and Sweden, including 5291 adults, 3082 adolescents, and 3834 children, completed a food and beverage preference questionnaire with 63 items. Cumulative preference scores for sweet and fatty taste were calculated from the single item ranking ranging from 1 to 5. The relative consumption frequency of foods classified as sweet and fatty was used to calculate the corresponding consumption propensities, a continuous variable ranging from 0 to 100. We conducted regression analyses to investigate the association between sweet and fatty taste preference scores and sweet and fatty food propensity scores, respectively, separately for adults, adolescents ≥12 years, and for children <12 years. The overall sweet taste preference score was positively associated with the sweet food consumption propensity score (β = 2.4, 95% CI: 2.1;2.7) and the fatty taste preference score was positively associated with the fatty food consumption propensity score (β = 2.0, 95% CI: 1.8;2.2). After stratification for age (children <12 years, adolescents ≥12 years, and adults), the effect remained significant in all age groups and was strongest in adolescents and adults. We conclude that our food and beverage preference questionnaire is a useful instrument for epidemiological studies on sensory perception and health outcomes and for the characterization of sensory taste phenotypes. |
