Understanding the Determinants of Sweet Taste Liking in the African and East Asian Ancestry Groups in the U.S. – A Study Protocol

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““This study is supported by a National Institute of Health grant R16GM150411 (to MMC) and a Professional Staff Congress-City University of New York grant 66366-00 54 (to MMC). LDH is supported by an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DE240100014).”

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