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Developing a Taste

Whatever foods you like today as an adult you probably developed preferences for as an infant, say researchers at Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia. The key age for taste development appears to be 3 to 4 months, they say. Genetics also plays a role in taste development.

Publication Source: Vitality magazine
Online Source: Monell Chemical Senses Center http://www.monell.org/
Online Editor: Sinovic, Dianna
Online Medical Reviewer: Godsey, Cynthia M.S., M.S.N., APRN
Online Medical Reviewer: Lambert, J.G. M.D.
Date Last Reviewed: 2/28/2005
Date Last Modified: 2/28/2005