High-calorie diet linked to boys

Wanna bet?

"A woman's diet around the time of conception may influence the gender of her baby, research suggests.

The study suggests a high-calorie diet at this time - and regular breakfasts - might increase the odds of a boy."

How good was the research?

"The study focused on 740 first-time pregnant mothers in the UK, who were asked to provide records of their eating habits before and during the early stages of pregnancy...

The average calorie intake for women who had sons was 2,413 a day, compared to 2,283 calories a day for women who had girls."

The data are clear that self-reported caloric intakes are notoriously bad.

And what about the nutty diabetes study?

"...most of the studies in children indicate a higher frequency of type 2 diabetes in girls. Rosenbloom et al. reported that girls were 1.7 times more likely to have type 2 diabetes than boys."

Do yourself a favor and shut out the noise from the media.