In a recent post
in her "The Wild Side" blog, New York Times writer Olivia Judson posits
an interesting -- if infuritating -- theory aboout the relationship
between pregnancy weight gain and a baby's future political instincts.
Judson extrapolates from a recent study linking strong conservative
viewpoints with certain temperamental tendencies (strong startle
reflex, etc.), and factors in reseach suggesting about obesity during
pregnancy to pose this question: does the obesity epidemic, in which up
to one third of all pregnant women are now obese, portend a new
generation of conservatives?
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