Tamara ate at the new Vietnamese restaurant in town and tried a dish she'd never had before. A few hours later, she began to feel sick to her stomach. Now she gags even when she smells the food from the restaurant when she passes by. She has MOST likely developed a(n):

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Tamara has most likely developed a taste aversion, which is a learned avoidance of a particular food following a period of illness after consuming that food. This can happen even after one exposure, where the body associates the food with the sickness, leading to a gag reflex or nausea at the thought or smell of the food.

Tamara Ate at the New Vietnamese Restaurant in Town and Tried