ArticleAnnals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine2021
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.
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- New parents' sleep, movement, health, and well-being across the postpartum period.Behavioral sleep medicineTrial
- The association between paternal housework and childcare with parents' health in the postpartum period.Midwifery · 2026Article
- The Role of Fathers in the Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.Current obesity reports · 2026Review
- Determining the interplay of prenatal parental BMI in shaping child BMI trajectories: the CHILD Cohort Study.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Article
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- Longitudinal Changes in Lifestyle Behaviors and Cardiovascular Health During the Transition to Fatherhood: The Dad Bod Study Rationale and Design.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- Fatherhood and Cardiovascular Health, Disease, and Mortality: Associations From the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.AJPM focus · 2024Article
- Dietary intake, physical activity and sedentary behavior and association with BMI during the transition to parenthood: a prospective dyadic study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundWhile research has examined prenatal to postnatal changes in women's weight, sleep, and diet, much less is known about these changes among fathers. PURPOSE: This study aimed to (a) examine changes in fathers' body mass index (BMI), sleep, and diet from 1 month before birth to 5-6 months following birth, and from 5-6 months to 11-12 months following birth and (b) explore the moderating roles of parenthood experience and coparenting support.
methods169 fathers (mean age 35.5 years, 58.9% White) participated. Fathers completed an intake survey shortly after their infant's birth to recall their height and weight, nighttime sleep hours, fruit and vegetable intake, soda intake, and fast food intake for the month prior to birth. When their child was 6 and 12 months old, fathers reported their weight, sleep, and diet again for the past 4 weeks (i.e., 4 week periods spanning 5-6 months and 11-12 months following birth). Generalized estimating equations were used to answer our research questions.
resultsFathers reported higher BMI (Δ = 0.22 kg/m2; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.06, 0.38; p = .008) and less nighttime sleep duration (Δ = -0.21 hr; 95% CI = -0.38, -0.05; p = .012) at 5-6 months following birth compared to 1 month prior to birth. Fathers' diet remained stable over the three timepoints. No evidence was found to support the moderating roles of parenthood experience and coparenting support on fathers' weight and behavior changes.
conclusions5-6 months following birth may be an important point of intervention for fathers to promote a return to prebirth BMI and sleep levels.
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