. ▁This ▁can ▁be ▁seen ▁as ▁the ▁body ' s ▁attempt ▁to ▁prevent ▁any ▁new ▁and ▁ris ky ▁food ▁items ▁from ▁entering ▁the ▁body . ▁ ▁Besides ▁food ▁poison ing , ▁food ▁ne oph ob ia ▁also ▁ar ises ▁from ▁the ▁person ▁associ ating ▁a ▁negative ▁experience ▁with ▁new ▁food s , ▁for ▁example ▁suffering ▁from ▁g astro enter itis ▁or ▁other ▁g astro int est inal ▁ill ness es ▁after ▁e ating ▁under co oked ▁food . ▁ ▁Another ▁environmental ▁factor ▁influen cing ▁levels ▁of ▁food ▁ne oph ob ia ▁is ▁the ▁current ▁ar ous al ▁level ▁of ▁the ▁individual . ▁Trying ▁a ▁new ▁food ▁is ▁an ▁ar ous ing ▁experience , ▁and ▁if ▁the ▁person ▁pre fers ▁to ▁maintain ▁a ▁lower ▁ar ous al ▁level ▁in ▁general , ▁then ▁he ▁or ▁she ▁might ▁avoid ▁new ▁food s ▁as ▁a ▁method ▁of ▁man aging ▁his ▁or ▁her ▁current ▁ar ous al ▁level . ▁Also , ▁if ▁people ▁are ▁currently ▁experien cing ▁situations ▁with ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁novel ty ▁and ▁are ▁therefore ▁more ▁ar oused , ▁they ▁might ▁be ▁rel uct ant ▁to ▁try ▁new ▁food s ▁as ▁doing ▁so ▁would ▁increase ▁their ▁ar ous al ▁level ▁to ▁an ▁un com fort able ▁level . ▁This ▁example ▁can ▁help ▁explain ▁why ▁Americans ▁visit ing ▁a ▁foreign ▁country ▁might ▁be ▁less ▁likely ▁to ▁try ▁a ▁new ▁food ▁item ▁and ▁instead ▁grav itate ▁towards ▁the ▁familiar ▁Mc Donald ' s ▁food . ▁ ▁Tre at ment ▁Some ▁efforts ▁to ▁address ▁this ▁situation , ▁such ▁as