Snacking Patterns in Children Linked to Genetic Variants in Taste Buds

The choices that children make when it comes to snacking could have a strong genetic foundation. A new study from investigators at the University of Guelph in Ontario looked at connections between the genes of taste receptors and linked them to snacking patterns among preschoolers. Findings from the study were published in the journal Nutrients , in an article entitled “ Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Taste Receptor Genes Are Associated with Snacking Patterns of Preschool-Aged Children