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wherefrom our food aversions?

Submitted by Anne Dalke on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 8:15pm.

I don't know what's happening over there in Dalton 2, but in Dalton 1 we have been talking (among other things) about our food aversions. I seem to be the only one in the room who will eat anything (including rotten shark, which I "enjoyed" in Iceland a few years ago, washed down w/ an as-awful and very strong drink known as "Black Death").

So I got to wondering....wherefrom our food aversions? Do they come bundled in the genetic package each of us arrives with? Are they affected by what our mothers eat while they are pregnant? Are they enculturated, the result of socialization? How might we move towards a better understanding of food preferences (and aversions)?

Here's a report on one study that was done on shaping dietary preferences.

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