Or, you know, if both parents work.
Which is how the headline also could have been framed, since the lead researcher in the above-referenced study emphasized that this weight increase was a "family balance issue" rather than a "maternal employment" one.
But I guess it's just assumed that "dad" doesn't have to make any difficult work-childraising choices, thus making him less responsible for the weight gain of his children.
And besides, everyone* loves a headline that has that sensational OMG-Feminism-Causes-The-Fat ring to it.
*I don't.
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