Not eating enough of certain food during pregnancy may raise chance of baby being intersex

Not eating enough of certain food during pregnancy may raise chance of baby being intersex

Intersex - which occurs in 1-2% of the population - refers to a condition in which individuals have sex characteristics that do not fit the typical binary definitions of male or female.

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