This is a study that was originally conducted on mice. Mice who where severly overwight had an impaired ability to taste sweets. Compared with the slimmer mice the obese mice had fewer taste cells that responded to sweets. This is important because taste plays a huge factor in our appetite. It is proven that the mice have trouble detecting sweets, however it is still unclear as to why these plays a role in people gaining weight. A past study proves that obese people yearn for sweet and savory foods. So scientists believe that obese people need to eat more sweets than thinner people to get the same effect. I really think that this could be a breakthrough study on obese people in America, and could possibly lower the obesity rate of Americans.
Taste cells under a microscope, expressing green fluorescent protein. A new University at Buffalo study finds that obese mice had fewer taste cells capable of detecting sweetness than mice with slimmer physiques. The white bar is 20 microns. (Credit: Kyle Hacker)
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