Cereal Mothers: Babies' Sex Linked to Moms' Breakfast Calories [News]
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 13:54
in Psychology & Sociology
Want a son? Pack on the calories. Biologist Fiona Mathews of the University of Exeter in England and her colleagues surveyed 740 first-time mothers on their pre-pregnancy eating habits and found that 56 percent of those on high-calorie diets had sons, compared with 45 percent of those on leaner menus. [More]
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