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To what extent are the reasons why you, personally, like or dislike certain foods based on innate factors?

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In regards to food preferences, this solution explores ifl the ike or dislike certain foods are based on innate factors.

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1. To what extent are the reasons why you, personally, like or dislike certain foods based on innate factors?

Food preferences begin early in life, as a child, and even while in the womb of the mother. Research suggests that we have inborn genetic predispositions that initially constrain food preferences--our likes and dislikes of certain foods--and a child has:

o Predisposition to prefer foods that are sweet and ...

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