The latest study by scientists at the University of Portsmouth (UK) found that when distinguishing food flavors, people with heavy body weight are usually more sensitive than light-weight ones.
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This is the first time scientists have studied the relationship between body mass index (BMI) with the sense of smell when people are hungry or full.
Scientists studied 64 subjects aged between 18 and 49. Scientists first used the limit value test method to test the olfactory status of experimental subjects for products. Products are not food.
The scientists then continued to apply the recognition test method to check the status of food tastes of experimental subjects.
The findings of subjects with BMI were higher than the sense of smell for the taste of food compared to those with low BMI.
However, those with BMI were high in olfactory sensitivity to the product, not very poor food.
From the results of the study, scientists speculate that people with heavy body weight are particularly sensitive to food tastes.
In addition, the study also found that after eating full stomach, the sensitivity of smell to the taste of food in the survey subjects is even higher.
Scientists believe that, because this is because after eating a full stomach, the body will automatically distinguish and reject the food that no longer needs to ensure the energy balance.
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