Mother’s Diet May Predict Baby’s Gender
By Danell Swim
April 23, 2008
According to a new study, the eating habits of a mother around the time of conception could determine whether or not she has a baby boy or a baby girl. Eating a high-calorie diet around the time the mother becomes pregnant can make her more likely to have a baby boy.
The research was carried out at Oxford and Exeter universities. They talked with 740 women, asking them about their eating patterns in the year before conception.
They divided the women into three groups, a group who had high-calorie diets, medium-calorie diets, and low-calorie diets.
They found that 56% of women who had high-calorie diets ended up giving birth to baby boys.
This compared to 45% of women who had low-calorie diets.
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