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Food neophobia shows heritable variation in humans.

Physiology & behavior - 15 Aug 2007

Knaapila Antti, Tuorila Hely, Silventoinen Karri, Keskitalo Kaisu, Kallela Mikko, Wessman Maija, Peltonen Leena, Cherkas Lynn F, Spector Tim D, Perola Markus

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Food neophobia refers to reluctance to eat unfamiliar foods. We determined the heritability of food neophobia in a family and a twin sample. The family sample consisted of 28 Finnish families (105 females, 50 males, aged 18-78 years, mean age 49 years) and the twin sample of 468 British female twin pairs (211 monozygous and 257 dizygous pairs, aged 17-82 years, mean age 55 years). Food neophobia was measured...

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PMID: 17459432
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.03.019

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