Obesity in Dads May Be Associated With Offspring's Increased Risk of Disease

It has been recently found that a father's obesity may affect the children more than was thought before. If a father is obese, his child is in a larger risk of having either obesity, cancer, or both, according to a new research in Duke Medicine. This is the first time such diseases have been connected with the father's genes instead of the mother's. Before, studies have focused, and always connected obesity, and cancers, tumors, etc, with the mother's health and nutrition during the pregnancy. The environmental factors are always said to make an impact on the child, but science has never before thought of linking cancer or tumors with fathers and their genetic heritage. Obesity in parents has been especially connected with ovarian and colorectal cancers, showing a direct DNA link with these diseases.