What populations are lactose tolerant?
                                
                                
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                                Globally, approximately 65% of adults lose the ability to digest lactose after infancy, a condition known as lactase non-persistence. However, significant exceptions exist in populations with a long history of dairy farming, allowing them to remain lactose tolerant into adulthood.