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A new book by a Dalhousie professor looks to answer why we make the choices we do when it comes to eating.

Dalhousie University professor Brenda Beagan teaches students about food, and the social aspects surrounding it.

Recently, Beagan noticed a lot of teaching material was either dated or from another part of the world.

“That gave students a lot of ammunition to say they didn't believe in what they were hearing,” says Beagan.

So Beagan collaborated with five other researchers from across the country to look at the way Canadians eat now, and how social factors affect their choices.

The findings were recently published in a book titled 'Acquired Tastes - Why Families Eat The Way They Do.'

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