Epigenetic impact of the parents' physical activity on the health of their children

All parents’ dream is to have healthy children. The question whether the parents' lifestyle affects the quality of their progeny's health has been bothering scientists and society for many years. Based on epidemiological studies, it has been shown that physical activity during pregnancy is...

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Main Author: AGNIESZKA BORON
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego i Sportu w Gdansku 2021-09-01
Series:Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity
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Online Access:http://bjhpa.journalstube.com/view/abstract/id/14628
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description All parents’ dream is to have healthy children. The question whether the parents' lifestyle affects the quality of their progeny's health has been bothering scientists and society for many years. Based on epidemiological studies, it has been shown that physical activity during pregnancy is beneficial both for the health of the mother and the newborn. A significant number of studies conducted so far have shown that exercises performed by fathers modulate future generations by affecting the sperm epigenome. Epigenetics plays a key role in transmitting the response of the parents' environment and their lifestyle onto the characteristics and health of their progeny.
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spelling doaj.art-21fbcd02b41e4eb288df6281d9b825642022-12-21T20:04:17ZengAkademia Wychowania Fizycznego i Sportu w GdanskuBaltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity2080-99992021-09-01133879510.29359/BJHPA.13.3.11Epigenetic impact of the parents' physical activity on the health of their childrenAGNIESZKA BORON0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3574-5726Department of Clinical and Molecular Biochemistry, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, PolandAll parents’ dream is to have healthy children. The question whether the parents' lifestyle affects the quality of their progeny's health has been bothering scientists and society for many years. Based on epidemiological studies, it has been shown that physical activity during pregnancy is beneficial both for the health of the mother and the newborn. A significant number of studies conducted so far have shown that exercises performed by fathers modulate future generations by affecting the sperm epigenome. Epigenetics plays a key role in transmitting the response of the parents' environment and their lifestyle onto the characteristics and health of their progeny.http://bjhpa.journalstube.com/view/abstract/id/14628epigeneticmethylationdnaphysical activitychildrenparent
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Epigenetic impact of the parents' physical activity on the health of their children
Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity
epigenetic
methylation
dna
physical activity
children
parent
title Epigenetic impact of the parents' physical activity on the health of their children
title_full Epigenetic impact of the parents' physical activity on the health of their children
title_fullStr Epigenetic impact of the parents' physical activity on the health of their children
title_full_unstemmed Epigenetic impact of the parents' physical activity on the health of their children
title_short Epigenetic impact of the parents' physical activity on the health of their children
title_sort epigenetic impact of the parents physical activity on the health of their children
topic epigenetic
methylation
dna
physical activity
children
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