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Father & Son Play Baseball

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Matt Hurt shows his five-year-old son how to swing a baseball bat. A new study suggests that fathers can give their children a genetic head start on a healthy metabolism by exercising prior to conception.

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The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

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