A study of 6,000 pregnant women in 1998 "found that while the national average in Britain is 106 boys born to every 100 girls, for vegetarian mothers the ratio was just 85 boys to 100 girls".
En undersøgelse af 6.000 gravide kvinder i 1998 "fandt at mens det nationale gennemsnit i Storbritannien er 106 drenge født for hver 100 piger, var fordelingen for vegetariske mødre blot 85 drenge mod 100 piger."