Previous studies have reported that individuals with obesity have reduced taste perception, but the relationship between obesity and taste is poorly understood. Earlier work has demonstrated that diet‐induced obesity directly impairs taste. Currently, it is not clear whether these changes to taste are due to obesity or to the high‐fat diet exposure. The goal of the current study was to determine whether diet or excess weight is responsible for the taste deficits induced by diet‐induced obesity.

中文翻译：

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饮食和体重对饮食诱导的肥胖小鼠的味觉反应的差异影响。

先前的研究报道，肥胖者的味觉下降，但是肥胖与味觉之间的关系知之甚少。早期的研究表明，饮食引起的肥胖会直接损害味觉。目前，尚不清楚这些味道的变化是由于肥胖还是高脂饮食引起的。本研究的目的是确定饮食或超重是否是由饮食引起的肥胖引起的味觉不足的原因。