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Mostly diet. (update: when I say diet, I mean the last 3 months of diet, not what you ate today)
Avoid sugars, eat garlic and spicy food.
There are some genes that affect how you smell, and how you perspirate. But diet dominates
Update: let me explain diet more, what you eat determines your body's metabolic state, and the body's hormones. Both of those have a huge impact on how the body off gases the pheromones released the heat produced the oils manufactured.
I don't believe this. My daughter and I get bit as soon as we step outside. My wife and son don't even put on bug spray.
We all eat the same
That's anecdotal, not data.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667114X21000522
Reading the sections prior to that, it seems metabolic rate and some other factors matter more in the attraction of mosquitos - mostly odors and other stuff influenced by genetics.