Obese kids wreck their taste buds
SCOFFING salty junk food “numbs” the taste buds of obese kids — making them eat even more, a study revealed yesterday.
"They find it harder to distinguish specific flavours than children of normal size. And that means they need extra food to get a taste “hit”.
Researchers believe encouraging children to discover different flavours could reverse the trend — and help them shed the flab."
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