Boys who are overweight in their early teens risk passing on harmful epigenetic traits to future children

A new study suggests that boys who become overweight in their early teens risk damaging the genes of their future children, increasing their chances of developing asthma, obesity and low lung function.

Research published in Communications Biology is the first human study to reveal the biological mechanism behind the impact of fathers’ early teenage obesity on their children.

Researchers from the University of Southampton and the University of Bergen in Norway investigated the epigenetic…

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