PTC bitter taste genetic polymorphism, food choices, physical growth in body height and body fat related traits among adolescent girls from Kangra Valley, Himachal Pradesh (India)

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-39

  Sharma, Krishan ^a   Kaur, Goga Kirandeep ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Body fat; Food behaviour; Food preferences; Nutrition; Physical growth; PTC tasting ability; Taste genetics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BODY MASS; CALCIUM; FAT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; POLYMORPHISM; WEIGHT; WOMENS HEALTH;

HIMACHAL PRADESH; INDIA; KANGRA; PALAMPUR;

PHENYLTHIOUREA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INDIA; TASTE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; INDIA; PHENYLTHIOUREA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TASTE;

EID: 84890079517     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2013.822929     Document Type: Article

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