The Atlantic·4 min read·medium
The Researchers Who Want Dads-to-Be to Stop Drinking
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Olga Khazan
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Recent research suggests that alcohol consumption by fathers before conception may negatively impact fetal development, including facial structure. This challenges the traditional focus on maternal alcohol consumption as the sole risk factor for fetal alcohol syndrome.
If you’re “actively trying to have babies,” one expert told me, “both the man and the woman should be abstaining” from alcohol.
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