The reduction in appetite which occurs during a meal is partly specific to the foods which have been eaten earlier in a meal. This has been called "sensory-specific satiety." In the experiment described here, a long-term from of sensory-specific satiety has been demonstrated. Refugees in an Ethiopian refugee camp reported that the taste of 3 foods which they had been eating for approximately 6 months was less pleasant than that of 3 new foods, whereas refugees who had been eating the regular diet for two days found its taste as pleasant as that of the different foods. This long-term sensory-specific satiety may have nutritional implications when only a limited variety of food is available, as may occur in refugee camps. It will be useful to determine the extent to which this long-term sensory-specific satiety can be prevented by provision of perhaps even a limited range of spices, flavorings or foods. © 1985.

Hunger famine Monotony Satiety Sensory-specific satiety Variety Long-term sensory-specific satiety Refugee

central nervous system satiety taste human Refugees priority journal diet feeding behavior geographic distribution Satiety Response Satiation gustatory system Adolescent male Food Preferences olfactory system food preference Ethiopia adult human experiment normal human hunger Sudan