Father’s adolescent body silhouette is associated with offspring asthma, lung function and BMI through DNA methylation

Trying for a baby? Here’s why the father’s health is just as important as the mother’s

A man's health and lifestyle in the preconception period can be important. Ground Picture/ ShutterstockMany mothers-to-be understand how it important it is to look after their health — even before becoming pregnant. A mother’s health and lifestyle during the preconception period (the time before becoming pregnant) is not only linked with her health during pregnancy, but also how healthy the baby will be throughout their life. But a recent viral …

Father’s adolescent body silhouette is associated with offspring asthma, lung function and BMI through DNA methylation

Boys’ pubertal overweight associates with future offspring’s asthma and low lung function. To identify how paternal overweight is associated with offspring’s DNA methylation (DNAm), we conducted an epigenome-wide association study of father’s body silhouette (FBS) at three timepoints (age 8, voice break and 30) and change in FBS between these times, with offspring DNAm, in the RHINESSA cohort (N = 339). We identified 2005 differentially methylat…