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LOS ANGELES, Aug 27 For years, the onus has been on overweight women to lose weight for a healthy pregnancy.

But men, likewise, shoulder a responsibility in the healthy development of their unborn child, says a new Aussie study, which urges gents to lose their love handles for the sake of their swimmers.

Using in vitro fertilisation on mice to determine the effects of paternal obesity on embryos, researchers from the University of Melbourne found that the sperm of obese males resulted in delayed foetal development and a decreased rate of successful embryo implantation.

The news comes as Australia suffers from a major weight problem researchers pointed out.

A fathers obesity also reduced placental development in the woman. Picture courtesy of zwola fasola/shutterstock.com

A lot of men dont understand what contribution theyre having, but they need to be healthy before conceiving, said lead researcher David Gardner.

Sperm needs to be match fit for the games of life and creating life is the biggest thing that we can do.

In addition to smaller foetuses and poor pregnancy success, a fathers obesity also reduced placental development in the woman, with potential for long-term developmental consequences in the child.

In the study, obese male mice were fed the equivalent of a fast food diet for 10 weeks. Embryos were created from both normal weight and obese male mice.

The findings will be presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Endocrine Society of Australia and the Society for Reproductive Biology 2012 this week.

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Study: Lose the love handles for sake of the sperms

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