Associations between a paternal healthy lifestyle score and its individual components with childhood overweight and obesity

Discussion and conclusionAlmost half of the fathers had unfavorable lifestyle factors around pregnancy. A low paternal HLS was associated with a greater child WHtR at 9 years but not with a higher risk of childhood OWOB when measured by BMIz-scores or IOTF categories.

Source: Andrology - March 13, 2024 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Adrien M. Aubert, Alexander Douglass, Celine M. Murrin, Cecily C. Kelleher, Catherine M. Phillips, and the Lifeways Cross ‐Generation Cohort Study Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research