Cinsiyet ve BKİ Bakımından Adölesanların Lezzet Seçiminin Karşılaştırmalı Bir Çalışması

AMAÇ: Bu çalışmanın amacı adölesanların lezzet seçimlerini ve tutumlarını, seçimlerini etkileyen koşulları ve beden kitle indeksi (BKİ) ve cinsiyete göre değişimlerini araştırmaktır. YÖNTEM: Çalışmaya Ankarada 11-14 yaşları arasında 385 adölesan katılmıştır. Lezzet seçeneklerini v tutumlarını belirlemek için Likert tipi soru formu kullanılmıştır. BULGULAR: Erkekler kızlara göre tatlı ve acı lezzetleri daha fazla tercih ederken kızlar tuzlu lezzetleri daha fazla tercih etmiştir (p

A Comparative Study of the Taste Choice of Adolescents in Terms of Gender and BMI

AIM: The aim of the study was to investigate the attitudes and choices of taste of adolescents, the conditions that affect these choices, and its variations with respect to BMI and gender. METHODS: 385 adolescents between the ages of 11 and 14, in Ankara, Turkey, participated in the research. In order to determine taste choices and attitudes towards taste, a Likert-type questionnaire was applied. Independent Samples t-test and correlational analysis were conducted. RESULTS: Boys preferred sweet and bitter tastes more than girls, but girls preferred salty tastes more than boys (p<0.05). It was found that when the BMI of adolescents increases, their taste scores decrease significantly (p<0.05). As the BMI increases, the sum preferences of sweet, sour, umami and salty taste scores decrease. There is a positive relation between sour and bitter and umami and bitter with umami (p< 0.01 CONCLUSION: ). It is fair to argue that as BMI increases tendencies towards tastes decrease and that boys preferred sweet and bitter tastes more than girls did whereas girls preferred salty tastes more than boys.The fact that the tendencies towards tastes decrease with increasing BMI, and that taste preferences vary with respect to gender may imply that physiological requirements drive taste preferences.

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