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How exercising now could benefit your future grandchildren [washingtonpost.com]

 

By Gretchen Reynolds, Image: iStock/The Washington Post, The Washington Post, September 28, 2022

Exercising now is good for you. But could it also be good for your future children and grandchildren?

A provocative new study says it might be. The findings, based on research in mice, suggest that the exercise we do today etches itself into our cells in ways that can be passed to later generations.

In the study, exercise by female mice before and during pregnancy influenced the health of their future children and children’s children, even if those progeny never exercised at all.

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