A Study on Prevalence of Phenyl Thiocarbamide (PTC) Taste Blindness Among Obese Individuals
Introduction: Taste blindness to the phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) is an inherited trait that is shown to influence our food and dietary preferences which in turn influence our body weight. Obesity is a global epidemic issue known to be on rise among the developing countries. Relating taste percepti...
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| description | Introduction: Taste blindness to the phenylthiocarbamide (PTC)
is an inherited trait that is shown to influence our food and dietary
preferences which in turn influence our body weight. Obesity is a
global epidemic issue known to be on rise among the developing
countries. Relating taste perception to obesity, the present study
was undertaken to assess the prevalence of phenylthiocarbamide
(PTC) taste blindness among obese individuals.
Materials and Methods: Three hundred and fifty individuals of
age group 20-40 y were recruited from the local community for
the present cross sectional study. Anthropometric measurements
were taken and BMI was calculated. Subjects were classified as
underweight, normal, overweight and obese based on their BMI.
Normal, overweight and obese individuals were then asked to
taste the commercially available PTC test papers and classified as
non tasters and tasters of PTC.
Results: Out of 350 individuals, mean age group of 30±6.02
y, based on their BMI they were divided into 4 groups, Group
A-underweight (16%), Group B-normal (35%), Group C-overweight
(28%) and Group D-obese (21%) individuals. In group B, 28%
were non tasters of PTC and 65% were tasters. In group C, 82%
were non tasters and 13% were tasters and in Group D, 81% were
non tasters and 19% were tasters of PTC. The PTC non taster
phenotype individuals showed higher BMI as compared with the
tasters’ phenotype.
Conclusion: Exploring the novel connections between taste
perception and obesity would help us to gain a control over the
global epidemic-Obesity, which is the crux factor for various other
health problems. The study advocates the usage of PTC tasting as
a reliable indicator of weight gain susceptibility. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a59c894758db419ba5eb287b5fb2e5f82022-12-22T00:17:11ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2015-05-0195CC04CC0610.7860/JCDR/2015/11821.5896A Study on Prevalence of Phenyl Thiocarbamide (PTC) Taste Blindness Among Obese IndividualsDeepika Veluswami0B Ambigai Meena1S. Latha2I. Gayathri Fathima3K Soundariya4K Senthamil Selvi5Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry, India.Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sree Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India.Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Sree Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India.Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Sree Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India.Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry, India.Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry, India.Introduction: Taste blindness to the phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) is an inherited trait that is shown to influence our food and dietary preferences which in turn influence our body weight. Obesity is a global epidemic issue known to be on rise among the developing countries. Relating taste perception to obesity, the present study was undertaken to assess the prevalence of phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) taste blindness among obese individuals. Materials and Methods: Three hundred and fifty individuals of age group 20-40 y were recruited from the local community for the present cross sectional study. Anthropometric measurements were taken and BMI was calculated. Subjects were classified as underweight, normal, overweight and obese based on their BMI. Normal, overweight and obese individuals were then asked to taste the commercially available PTC test papers and classified as non tasters and tasters of PTC. Results: Out of 350 individuals, mean age group of 30±6.02 y, based on their BMI they were divided into 4 groups, Group A-underweight (16%), Group B-normal (35%), Group C-overweight (28%) and Group D-obese (21%) individuals. In group B, 28% were non tasters of PTC and 65% were tasters. In group C, 82% were non tasters and 13% were tasters and in Group D, 81% were non tasters and 19% were tasters of PTC. The PTC non taster phenotype individuals showed higher BMI as compared with the tasters’ phenotype. Conclusion: Exploring the novel connections between taste perception and obesity would help us to gain a control over the global epidemic-Obesity, which is the crux factor for various other health problems. The study advocates the usage of PTC tasting as a reliable indicator of weight gain susceptibility.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/5896/11821_CE(RA1)_F(T)_PF1(PAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PAG).pdfdietobesitytaste perception |
| spellingShingle | Deepika Veluswami B Ambigai Meena S. Latha I. Gayathri Fathima K Soundariya K Senthamil Selvi A Study on Prevalence of Phenyl Thiocarbamide (PTC) Taste Blindness Among Obese Individuals Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research diet obesity taste perception |
| title | A Study on Prevalence of Phenyl Thiocarbamide (PTC) Taste Blindness Among Obese Individuals |
| title_full | A Study on Prevalence of Phenyl Thiocarbamide (PTC) Taste Blindness Among Obese Individuals |
| title_fullStr | A Study on Prevalence of Phenyl Thiocarbamide (PTC) Taste Blindness Among Obese Individuals |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Study on Prevalence of Phenyl Thiocarbamide (PTC) Taste Blindness Among Obese Individuals |
| title_short | A Study on Prevalence of Phenyl Thiocarbamide (PTC) Taste Blindness Among Obese Individuals |
| title_sort | study on prevalence of phenyl thiocarbamide ptc taste blindness among obese individuals |
| topic | diet obesity taste perception |
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