Sensory interventions to improve food intake
The association between sensory performance and BMI or body weight and the increased risk of a monotonous diet due to decreased sensory-specific satiety in older age highlights the need for appropriate intervent
Flavour enhancement of products (yoghurt-like snack and smoked ham), believed to compensate for age-related chemosensory losses,did not affect intake or resulted in a decreased intake as compared to regular products in 6-day home-use tests.
What is more, when the participants’ actual olfactory performance was taken into account, responses to flavour enhancement strategies were inconsistent for the two product types.
who evaluated the effects of flavour enhancement of tomato soup using a combination of monosodium glutamate and celery powder,also failed to observe an increased in intake by older persons either with or without olfactory impairment.