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PROP taster status interacts with the built environment to influence children's food acceptance and body weight status.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) - 1 Apr 2013
Burd Carlye, Senerat Araliya, Chambers Earle, Keller Kathleen L
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OBJECTIVES: Eating behaviors and obesity are complex phenotypes influenced by genes and the environment, but few studies have investigated the interaction of these two variables. The purpose of this study was to use a gene-environment interaction model to test for differences in children's food acceptance and body weights. DESIGN AND METHODS: Inherited ability to taste 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) was assessed as...
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