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Julie A. Mennella is affiliated with the Monell Chemical Senses Center in the United States. Their research intersects multiple fields including Medicine and Nursing, with a focus on Nutrition and Dietetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Sensory Systems, Physiology, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their scientific contributions span several key topics such as Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Nutritional Studies and Diet, and Infant Nutrition and Health.

The following are some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by them:

  • Relationship between Sucrose Taste Detection Thresholds and Preferences in Children, Adolescents, and Adults, 2020, Nutrients
  • Infant factors that impact the ecology of human milk secretion and composition-a report from "Breastmilk Ecology: Genesis of Infant Nutrition (BEGIN)" Working Group 3, 2023, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Impact of early rapid weight gain on odds for overweight at one year differs between breastfed and formula-fed infants, 2020, Pediatric Obesity
  • The Macronutrient Composition of Infant Formula Produces Differences in Gut Microbiota Maturation That Associate with Weight Gain Velocity and Weight Status, 2022, Nutrients
  • Psychophysical Tracking Method to Assess Taste Detection Thresholds in Children, Adolescents, and Adults: The Taste Detection Threshold (TDT) Test, 2021, Journal of Visualized Experiments

Frequent collaborators include Alissa D. Smethers, Jillian Trabulsi, Virginia A. Stallings, Marta Yanina Pepino, and Michelle T. Delahanty.

Julie A. Mennella's work is regularly published in key venues such as:

  • Current Developments in Nutrition
  • Nutrients
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Journal of Visualized Experiments
  • Chemical Senses

They have also contributed to scholarly books, including a publication with Cambridge University Press titled The Cambridge Handbook of Infant Development (2020).

Best Publications

  • Prenatal and postnatal flavor learning by human infants.

    Julie A. Mennella;Coren P. Jagnow;Gary K. Beauchamp

  • Genetic and environmental determinants of bitter perception and sweet preferences

    Julie A. Mennella;M. Yanina Pepino;Danielle R. Reed

  • Ontogeny of taste preferences: basic biology and implications for health

    Julie A Mennella

  • The transfer of alcohol to human milk. Effects on flavor and the infant's behavior.

    Julie A. Mennella;Gary K. Beauchamp

  • Early flavor learning and its impact on later feeding behavior.

    Gary K Beauchamp;Julie A Mennella

  • Early Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Acceptance

    Catherine A. Forestell;Julie A. Mennella

  • Maternal Diet Alters the Sensory Qualities of Human Milk and the Nursling's Behavior

    Julie A. Mennella;Gary K. Beauchamp

  • A Cross-cultural Perspective

    Julie A. Mennella;Julie Mennella

  • Flavor variety enhances food acceptance in formula-fed infants

    Carolyn J Gerrish;Julie A Mennella

  • Garlic Ingestion by Pregnant Women Alters the Odor of Amniotic Fluid

    Julie A. Mennella;Anthony Johnson;Gary K. Beauchamp

  • Sweetness and food preference.

    Adam Drewnowski;Julie A. Mennella;Susan L. Johnson

  • Flavor experiences during formula feeding are related to preferences during childhood.

    Julie A. Mennella;Gary K. Beauchamp

  • The bad taste of medicines: overview of basic research on bitter taste.

    Julie A. Mennella;Alan C. Spector;Danielle R. Reed;Susan E. Coldwell

  • The sweetness and bitterness of childhood: Insights from basic research on taste preferences

    Julie A. Mennella;Nuala K. Bobowski

  • Innate and learned preferences for sweet taste during childhood.

    Alison K Ventura;Julie A Mennella

  • Sweet and sour preferences during childhood : role of early experiences

    Djin Gie Liem;Julie A. Mennella

  • Variety is the spice of life: Strategies for promoting fruit and vegetable acceptance during infancy

    Julie A. Mennella;Sophie Nicklaus;Amanda L. Jagolino;Lauren M. Yourshaw

  • Implementing American Heart Association pediatric and adult nutrition guidelines: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Nutrition Committee of the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, and Council for High Blood Pressure Research.

    Samuel S. Gidding;Alice H. Lichtenstein;Myles S. Faith;Allison Karpyn

  • Women's sexual experience during the menstrual cycle: Identification of the sexual phase by noninvasive measurement of luteinizing hormone

    Susan B. Bullivant;Sarah A. Sellergren;Kathleen Stern;Natasha A. Spencer

  • Sweetness and Food Preference 1-3

    Adam Drewnowski;Julie A. Mennella;Susan L. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary K. Beauchamp
Gary K. Beauchamp Monell Chemical Senses Center
Virginia A. Stallings
Virginia A. Stallings Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Bruce A. Kimball
Bruce A. Kimball Agricultural Research Service
Maureen M. Black
Maureen M. Black University of Maryland, Baltimore
Jennifer O. Fisher
Jennifer O. Fisher Temple University
Leann L. Birch
Leann L. Birch University of Georgia
Mark S. Blumberg
Mark S. Blumberg University of Iowa
Linda Van Horn
Linda Van Horn Northwestern University
Alice H. Lichtenstein
Alice H. Lichtenstein Tufts University
Jane Wardle
Jane Wardle University College London

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