Smell and taste disorders affect an individual’s choice of following a safe and healthy diet. Besides, they also impact food-related behaviors, like enjoying a meal. These disorders impair the ability to sense warning odors in foods and the environment and hinder the quality of life (QoL) related to social interactions, eating, and feelings of well-being. Although they usually represent underlying diseases, they are not life-threatening and are often overlooked by the medical community.
With the onset of the pandemic, the prevalence of COVID-19-related challenges (like olfactory disorders, commonly anosmia and hyposmia) increased rapidly. Olfactory and gustatory dy...
