Taste buds may play role in fostering obesity in offspring
September 10, 2020![](https://news.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/story_thumbnail_home/public/2020-09/0910_obesity.jpg?itok=yMtHYzna)
Cornell food scientists show in animal studies that a mother’s high-fat diet may lead to more sweet-taste receptors in taste buds resulting in poor feeding behavior, obesity in adulthood.