​Catherine Is a College Senior Who Is Taking a Health

Multiple Choice

​Catherine is a college senior who is taking a health and nutrition course.The class is studying family health history.After completing her family health history project,Catherine realizes that she has a family history of breast cancer and obesity.Catherine wants to continue to study and learn how she can reduce her risk of certain diseases through lifestyle changes.
-Catherine knows she should eat more vegetables,but she cannot stand their bitter taste.What is most likely the reason that vegetables taste intensely bitter to Catherine?

A) Catherine may have a set of genes that make her nose extremely sensitive to the smell of vegetables.
B) Catherine may have a set of genes that make her highly sensitive to bitter tastes.
C) Catherine's mother never liked vegetables and did not eat many when she was pregnant with Catherine; therefore,Catherine developed a genetically sensitive palate.
D) Catherine simply believes vegetables are bitter tasting and it is all in her head.
E) Catherine has a single-gene defect.