Does Obesity Reshape Our Sense of Taste?

Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 16:00 in Health & Medicine

Obesity may alter the way we taste at the most fundamental level: by changing how our tongues react to different foods. In a Nov. 13 study, University at Buffalo biologists report that being severely overweight impaired the ability of mice to detect sweets.

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