Add-ons

, 3–4

Addition

, 52–54

Alcohol consumption

, 4, 13, 23, 26, 45–46, 72, 90–91

Alternative therapies

, 4, 13, 23, 28–29, 67, 70, 78–79

Assisted reproductive technologies

, 3–4

Avoidance

, 9, 24, 52, 54

Behaviour change

, 53, 56, 79

Biomedicalization

, 81

Biopower

, 3

Body/bodies

, 39, 45–46

projects

, 53–54

work

, 61–62

Caffeine

, 13, 23, 27–28, 53, 72

Caring masculinity

, 47–48, 83

Clinical guidance

, 26, 29, 32, 81, 96

Clinicians

, 23, 25, 27–28, 43, 54, 78–79

Cyberquackery

, 31

Cycling

, 23, 28, 66

Diet

, 4, 13, 23, 32, 36, 51–52, 63

Discourses

, 11, 31, 49–50, 82

analysis

, 7, 34

fertility

, 42–45

fitness to father

, 41–42

lifestyle

, 34, 38, 45, 48

men as reproductive actors

, 38–41

method

, 32–34

sample

, 32–34

well-being

, 37–38

‘DIY health’ information

, 77–78

Drinking

, 2, 37, 53, 59, 75, 79–80, 90–92

Drug use

, 28

Drunkenness

, 59

Emergent masculinity

, 84–85

Emotional resources

, 1–2, 4, 77

Emotions

, 1–2, 31–32, 61–62, 79–80

Energy drinks

, 13–23

Exercise

, 4, 11–12, 23, 35, 51–54, 70, 90

Fertility

, 1–2, 25–26, 42, 45

fertility-friendly eating pattern

, 36–37

improvement

, 35

lifestyle and

, 5

loans

, 99

treatment

, 2

Fertility Industrial complex

, 98–99

Gender

, 1–2, 7–8, 39–40, 78, 82–83, 85–87, 96–97, 101

Health

, 2–3, 7–8, 24, 44, 51, 63, 96–97

Healthcare professionals

, 98–99

Healthism

, 2–3, 5–6, 9–10, 45, 59–60, 79, 89

Heat

, 23, 64

Hegemonic masculinity

, 43–44, 82–83, 96–97

Hope

, 9–10, 67, 73, 89–90, 96–97

Hybrid masculinities

, 84

Illegal drugs

, 13–23

Inclusivity

, 83

Individualisation

, 2, 61–62, 88–89

Individualism

, 10, 89

Infertility

, 1–2, 4, 10, 57, 61

experience

, 6

findings

, 63–67

hope

, 67–73

material and methods

, 6–7

practical and relational calculations

, 73–77

uncertainty and optimism

, 77–80

Information

, 6, 11, 31, 78, 96–97

Intensive parenthood

, 83

Internet

, 8, 31, 64, 96–97

IVF

, 58, 69–70, 73–75, 78–79, 91, 100

Klinefelter’s syndrome

, 54–55

Lifestyle

, 11, 13, 26, 45, 48–50, 77, 80

adjustments

, 36, 81

avoidance and addition

, 52–54

choices

, 5

diagnosis and lifestyle changes

, 54–55

factors

, 95

findings

, 51–52

as holistic concept

, 56–58

material and methods

, 50–51

men changing

, 58–60

perceptions of (un) healthy selves

, 55–56

policing

, 96

scale of issue

, 51–52

Lifestyle modification

, 4, 13, 23, 31–32, 50–51, 56, 77–78, 96

Lifestylisation

, 2, 45, 58–59, 61–62, 81, 100

Liquid masculinity

, 81, 90, 97–98

form

, 84–88

situating contemporary masculinities

, 82–84

Liquid maternity

, 99–100

Liquid modernity

, 85, 98

Liquidity

, 85–86, 88

of men’s lifestyle work in context of infertility

, 88–93

Male accountability

, 39

Male fertility

, 12–13, 23–24, 38, 66, 70, 81, 92

Male infertility

, 1–2, 9–11, 25, 35, 58, 61, 95

Masculinities

, 79–80

breadth and plurality

, 87

situating contemporary

, 82–84

Masculinity

, 10, 44, 76, 81

Men’s experiences of infertility

, 11

evidence intersect with clinical guidance

, 26–29

healthy lifestyle

, 24–25

key evidence about lifestyle and fertility

, 13–26

lifestyle factors

, 13–23

methods

, 12–13

strengths of evidence

, 25–26

Men’s lifestyle practices

, 11

Metrosexuality

, 83

Moralism

, 2–3, 49–50, 72–73

Narratives

, 1–2, 5–6, 9–11, 31, 47–50, 67, 89, 96–97

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

, 4, 26

guidance

, 28–29

recommendation

, 28–29

Neo-liberalism

, 2–5, 7, 78–79, 81, 87, 98

Neoliberalisation

, 2–3, 6

‘No harm’ approach

, 38

Nutrition

, 13, 23, 51–52, 71

Obesity

, 4, 28, 43

Obsession

, 100

Omega-3 fatty acids

, 25–26

Online

, 6, 11, 31–32, 46, 49–50, 52–53, 65, 90

Optimism

, 77–80

Parenting culture studies

, 5–6

Pre-conception period

, 46–47

Prescription drugs

, 13–23

Psycho-social approach

, 7

Qualitative questionnaire

, 8–9, 49–50

Qualitative research

, 61–62

Randomised Control Trials (RCTs)

, 12

Reproduction

, 1–2, 5, 26, 38, 40–41, 46–47, 96

Reproductive asceticism

, 5–6

Reproductive assets

, 3–4

Reproductive body projects

, 8, 45, 52–53, 61

Reproductive consciousness

, 99–100

Reproductive masculinity

, 46–47, 84–85, 96, 101

Research

, 1–2, 5, 11, 28, 31–32, 51, 61–62, 93

Scepticism

, 65

Science

, 7–8, 39, 89–90

Scientific literature

, 11–12, 50, 95

Scientific studies

, 32, 100

Self-improvement

, 31, 100

Self-monitoring subjects

, 2

Smoking

, 4, 11–12, 27, 29, 37, 43, 53, 75–76, 91–92

Social media

, 62

Social science research

, 7–8, 29, 50

Sperm

, 3–4, 37

building foods

, 36–37

counts

, 93

health

, 35, 37, 43–44

Stress

, 40, 77, 99

Stress management

, 76

stress management/improving mental well-being

, 28–29

Supplements

, 4, 13, 23, 49–50, 69

Testosterone

, 44, 70, 76, 93

Thematic analysis

, 7, 51, 62–63

Traditional Chinese medicine

, 13, 23, 28–29

Umbrella review

, 6–8, 12

Uncertainty

, 9–10, 28, 37, 58–59, 63, 67, 77, 80, 96–97

Virility

, 42, 45, 84–85, 96

Vitamins

, 11–12, 23, 49–50, 73–74, 100

Websites

, 8, 33, 60, 84–85

Weight

, 24, 41, 68

Weight loss

, 28

Well-being

, 2–3, 28–29, 37–38, 58, 63, 82, 95

Work

, 2, 11–12, 34, 50, 61–62, 81–82, 84, 96