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Father’s obesity in puberty increases the risk of asthma in his future offspring

MED reports that a UIB-study shows that boys who are obese in pre-puberty have an over two times higher risk of having children with asthma than those who are not.

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Updated: 14.11.2019 (First published: 03.10.2019)

Read the MED news.

It is also published (in Norwegian) on forskning.no, and in Medical Xpress.

(In Norwegian) ABC nyheter: Sammenheng mellom fars overvekt i puberteten og økt risiko for astma hos barna

Read more about this research on the RHINESSA website.

Read two papers about this research:

Being overweight in childhood, puberty, or early adulthood: Changing asthma risk in the next generation?
Father’s environment before conception and asthma risk in his children: a multi-generation analysis of the Respiratory Health In Northern Europe study

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Respiratory Health In Northern Europe, Spain and Australia

RHINESSA aims to provide information on causal and preventive factors of asthma, allergies and associated diseases across three generations. It will thereby contribute to improved clinical management and more efficient prevention.