Man's weight 'affects sperm cells'

A man's weight affects the information passed on through his sperm and could leave his children predisposed to obesity, research in Denmark suggests. The sperm cells of lean and obese men possess different epigenetic marks, maybe changing the behaviour of genes. Dr Romain Barres, the author of the study, said: "When a woman is pregnant she should take care of herself. "But if the implication of ou

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“A man's weight affects the information passed on through his sperm and could leave his children predisposed to obesity, research in Denmark suggests.”