Overweight men may pass genetic obesity risk to their children
by Ian Sample Science editor from on (#WHTQ)
Genetic markers in the sperm of obese men have the potential to affect brain development and appetite control, study suggests
The children of overweight men may be at greater risk of obesity due to genetic changes carried in their father's sperm, a study suggests.
Scientists found a pattern of genetic markers in the sperm of obese men that have the potential to affect brain development and appetite control. The changes were absent in the sperm of lean men.
