Eating behaviors develop in early life and refine during childhood, sha** long-term food
choice and dietary habits, which underpin optimum growth and health. The development of …

Background 3D food printing has attracted a lot of attention from the whole world. Organic
nanomaterials (NMs) are biocompatible and easy to digest; they can be used as food …

Rejection of specific food textures in young children can be a significant barrier to
establishing healthy eating habits. However, the literature on texture preferences in children …

Background While complementary feeding can be challenging, little emphasis has been
placed on the introduction to food texture/pieces, especially in terms of neurodevelopmental …

Foods containing bits and pieces are often less liked by children; however, there is a limited
understanding of how perceptions and preferences for foods with particles change during …

This study aimed to investigate the influence of smooth texture preference on smoothness
perception. An online questionnaire (Study 1, n= 464) and a sensory evaluation test (Study …

This study aimed to 1) develop a parent-reported child's food texture preference
questionnaire, 2) assess content validity and inter-rater reliability among parent-, child-report …

In contrast to taste sensitivity, the assessment of texture or tactile sensitivity has received
relatively little attention in the food context. Texture plays an important role in food …

Methods for measuring food texture preferences in children are based on forced-choice
questionnaires where children select their preferred texture within food pairs. However, the …

While there is some data indicating increased pica behaviors in autism, disgust processing
differences in autism (ASD) have been less explored. Here, we examined disgust …