Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences [Dept. of Food Science]

Beverly J. Tepper, Ph. D.

Dr. Tepper


Representative Publications

  • Tepper BJ, Seldner AC.  Sweet taste and dietary intake in normal pregnancy and pregnancy complicated by Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM). American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1999; 70:277-284.
  • Tepper BJ, Christensen CM, Cao J.  Development of brief methods to characterize individuals by PROP taster status. Physiology & Behavior, 2002; 73:571-577.
  • Keller KL, Steinmann L, Nurse RJ, Tepper BJ.  Genetic taste sensitivity to 6-n-propylthiouracil influences food preference and reported intake in preschool children. Appetite, 2002; 38:3-12.
  • Zhao L, Kirkmeyer SV, Tepper BJ. A paper test for assessing genetic taste sensitivity to 6-n-propylthiouracil.  Physiology & Behavior, 2003; 78:625-633
  • Kirkmeyer SV, Tepper BJ. Understanding creaminess perception in dairy products using free-choice profiling and genetic responsivity to 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP). Chemical Senses, 2003; 28:527-536.
  • Ullrich NV, Touger-Decker R. O’Sullivan Maillot J, Tepper BJ. PROP taster status and self-perceived food adventurousness influence food preferences. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 2004; 104:543-549.
  • Keller KL, Tepper BJ. Inherited taste sensitivity to 6-n-propylthiouracil and diet and body weight in children. Obesity Research, 2004; 12:904-912.
  • Kirkmeyer SV, Tepper BJ. Consumer reactions to creaminess in dairy products and genetic taste sensitivity to 6-n-propylthiouracil: A multidimensional study. Food Quality & Preference, 2005; 16:545-556.
  • Goldstein GL, Daun H, Tepper BJ. Adiposity in middle-aged women associates with genetic taste blindness to 6-n-Propylthiouracil. Obesity Research, 2005, 13; 1017-1023.
  • Bell, KI, Tepper BJ. Short-term vegetable intake in young children classified by 6-n-propylthoiuracil (PROP) bitter taste phenotype. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2006:84;245-251.
  • Goldstein GL, Daun H, Tepper BJ. Influence of PROP taster status and maternal variables on energy intake and body weight in pre-adolescents. Physiology & Behavior, 2007:90; 809-817.
  • Yeomans MR, Tepper BJ, Rietzschel J, Prescott J. Human hedonic responses to sweetness: role of taste genetics and anatomy. Physiology & Behavior, 2007:91;264-273.
  • Tepper BJ, Koelliker Y, Zhao L, Ullrich NV, Lanzara C, d’Adamo P, Ferrara A, Ulivi S, Esposito L, Gasparini P. Variation in the bitter-taste receptor gene TAS2R38 and adiposity in an inbred population in Italy. Obesity (in press) online publication, July 24, 2008; doi:10.1038/oby.2008.357
  • Tepper BJ, Williams TZA, Burgess JR, Antalis CJ, Mattes RD. Genetic variation in bitter taste and plasma markers of anti-oxidant status in college women. Intl Journal of Food Science and Nutrition (in press).

Books and Book Chapters:

  • Worobey J, Tepper BJ, Kanarek RB. Nutrition and Behavior: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Wallingford, UK:CABI Publishing, 2006 (288 pages).
  • Tepper, BJ.  Nutritional implications of genetic taste variation: the role of PROP sensitivity and other taste phenotypes. Annual Review of Nutrition. 2008;28:367-88.


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