Skip to main content

Taste Buds

A man prepares to bite into a double cheeseburger at Majors Hamburgers, in Yakima, Washington.
News in Brief

How Obesity Kills Taste Buds

Taste buds may be the tiniest victims of the obesity epidemic.

By Kate Wheeling
Social Justice

Of Obesity, Sweets and Numb Tongues

Corpulence leads to an increased craving for sweets, and it may be because our taste receptors need an extra jolt.

By Matt Palmquist