if you have fussy children youll probably know the struggle of trying to get them to eat their vegetablesbut a new study suggests that asking them to stand up while they eat their meal could make the struggle slightly less difficultresearchers from the university of south florida have found that foods you dont enjoy taste better when youre standing upin the study the researchers gave 350 participants overlysalted brownies while either standing or sittinginterestingly participants who were standing were less likely to notice that the brownies were tasting saltier than those who were seatedprofessor dipayan biswas who led the study explained this finding suggests that parents might be able to make unpleasanttasting healthy foods seem more palatable to reluctant children by having them eat standing up vs sitting downthe researchers also asked the participants to rate the tastiness of a pita chip when either standing or sitting and found that those who were standing gave the chip a less favourable rating than those who were sitting downthe researchers suggest that holding a standing posture for even a few minutes prompts physical stress muting your taste buds in the process this impacts your ability to taste as well as your perception of food temperatureprofessor biswas added in a similar vein it might be beneficial to stand when consuming pharmaceutical products that have unpleasant tastes