Here\u2019s an interesting fact for people with obesity: You may\nhave a decreased ability to detect smells odors and discriminate between\nvarious smells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Understanding the\nlink between obesity and smelling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Researchers from Otago\u2019s Departments of Food Science,\nAnatomy, and Mathematics\/Statistics reviewed previous studies on the link\nbetween obesity and sense of smell, as well as information from approximately\n1,500 people from general studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They found that the better a person\u2019s sense of smell, the\nmore likely the person is to be slim. The reverse was also true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They theorize that because our sense of smell plays such an\nimportant role in eating, it affects how we identify foods and therefore what\nchoices we make. Without a strong sense of smell, people may choose foods that\nhave stronger smells and tastes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor example, they might choose, or be more attracted to,\nsaltier and tastier foods such as bacon and maple syrup instead of blander\nfoods, such as low-fat cereal with less sugar,\u201d explains the study\u2019s lead\nauthor, Dr. Mei Peng.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Does losing weight\nimprove smell?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Continuing the theory, the researchers wondered if obesity\nchanges our metabolism, which, in turn, affects the communication between the\nbrain and the gut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The team looked at the effects of two different surgical\nobesity approaches: stomach removal and gastric bypass. They found that\nalthough removing the stomach improved the person\u2019s ability to smell, the\ngastric bypass surgery didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCutting the stomach could change nerves in the stomach that\naffect the gut-brain pathway, so smell changes could be the key to the\ndifference between the two surgeries,\u201d explains Dr. Peng. \u201cEssentially, the\nsmaller size of the stomach might not be the factor that leads to weight loss.\nIt is more likely due to the gut-brain pathway being reset.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Obesity around the\nglobe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The World Health Organization reports that obesity around\nthe world has nearly triple since 1975. In 2013, obesity was formally\nrecognized as a disease by the American Medical Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here\u2019s an interesting fact for people with obesity: You may have a decreased ability to detect smells odors and discriminate between various smells. Understanding the link between obesity and smelling Researchers from Otago\u2019s Departments of Food Science, Anatomy, and Mathematics\/Statistics reviewed previous studies on the link between obesity and sense of smell, as well as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[703],"tags":[933,771,934,784],"class_list":["post-13213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weight-loss","tag-eating","tag-food","tag-smell","tag-weight-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}