ArticleAmerican journal of men's health2016
Longitudinal Study of Body Mass Index in Young Males and the Transition to Fatherhood.
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- Becoming a parent: A systematic review and meta-analysis of changes in BMI, diet, and physical activity.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2020Pooled it
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- The Role of Fathers in the Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.Current obesity reports · 2026Review
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- A holistic review of fatherhood in humans and non-human animals: mechanisms of fatherhood, effects on fathers themselves, and interactions of fathers with others.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2026Review
- Paternal Health and Health Behaviors During the Perinatal Period: Results from a Representative Survey of Fathers in Georgia, 2018-2019.Maternal and child health journal · 2025Article
- Association of Paternal BMI and Diet During Pregnancy with Offspring Birth Measures: The STEPS Study.Nutrients · 2025Article
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- Fatherhood and Cardiovascular Health, Disease, and Mortality: Associations From the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.AJPM focus · 2024Article
- Expectant fathers' health behaviors, infant care intentions, and social-emotional wellbeing in the perinatal period: A latent class analysis and comparison to mothers.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Association between parenthood and cardiovascular disease risk: Analysis from NHANES 2011-2016.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- Changes in Fathers' Body Mass Index, Sleep, and Diet From Prebirth to 12 Months Postbirth: Exploring the Moderating Roles of Parenthood Experience and Coparenting Support.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2021Article
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- Investigating partner involvement in pregnancy and identifying barriers and facilitators to participating as a couple in a digital healthy eating and physical activity intervention.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
- Opportunities to Address Men's Health During the Perinatal Period - Puerto Rico, 2017.MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report · 2021Article
- Healthy for My Baby Research Protocol- a Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing a Preconception Intervention to Improve the Lifestyle of Overweight Women and Their Partners.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Cohabiting and becoming a parent: associations with changes in physical activity in the 1970 British cohort study.BMC public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Despite a growing understanding that the social determinants of health have an impact on body mass index (BMI), the role of fatherhood on young men's BMI is understudied. This longitudinal study examines BMI in young men over time as they transition from adolescence into fatherhood in a nationally representative sample. Data from all four waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health supported a 20-year longitudinal analysis of 10,253 men beginning in 1994. A "fatherhood-year" data set was created and changes in BMI were examined based on fatherhood status (nonfather, nonresident father, resident father), fatherhood years, and covariates. Though age is positively associated with BMI over all years for all men, comparing nonresident and resident fathers with nonfathers reveals different trajectories based on fatherhood status. Entrance into fatherhood is associated with an increase in BMI trajectory for both nonresident and resident fathers, while nonfathers exhibit a decrease over the same period. In this longitudinal, population-based study, fatherhood and residence status play a role in men's BMI. Designing obesity prevention interventions for young men that begin in adolescence and carry through young adulthood should target the distinctive needs of these populations, potentially improving their health outcomes.
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