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Innate food aversions and culturally transmitted food taboos in pregnant women in rural southwest India: separate systems to protect the fetus?

Pregnancy increases women’s nutritional requirements, yet causes aversions to nutritious foods. Most societies further restrict pregnant women’s diet with food taboos. Pregnancy food aversions are theorized to protect mothers and fetuses from teratogens and pathogens or increase dietary diversity in...

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Published in:Evol Hum Behav
Main Authors: Placek, Caitlyn D., Madhivanan, Purnima, Hagen, Edward H
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5764174/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29333059
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2017.08.001
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