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1. Birth weight

   Birth weight is the body weight of a baby at its birth. The average birth weight in babies of European & African descent is 3.5 kilograms (7.7 lb), with the normative range between 2.5 and 4.0 kilograms (5.5 and 8.8 lb). On average, babies of Asian descent weigh about 3.25 kilograms (7.2 lb). The prevalence of low birth weight has changed over time. Trends show a slight decrease from 7.9% (1970) to 6.8% (1980), then a slight increase to 8.3% (2006), to the current levels of 8.2% (2016). The prevalence of low birth weights has trended slightly upward from 2012 to the present.Low birth weight is associated with neonatal infection, infant mortality, as well as illness into adulthood. Numerous studies that have attempted, with varying degrees of success, to show links between birth weight and later-life conditions, including diabetes, obesity, tobacco smoking, and intelligence.

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1. Birth weight

   Birth weight is the body weight of a baby at its birth. There have been numerous studies that have attempted, with varying degrees of success, to show links between birth weight and later-life conditions, including diabetes, obesity, tobacco smoking and intelligence.

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1. Birth Weight

   The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual at BIRTH. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms.

How to pronounce birth weight?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say birth weight in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of birth weight in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of birth weight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of birth weight in a Sentence

1. Brianna Moore:

   So some women may use it in pregnancy, thinking that it's a safe alternative to other medicines, even prescribed medications, yet studies show connections between marijuana use during pregnancy and low-birth weight in babies and behavioral problems later in childhood, and there may be links to glucose and weight issues as well.

2. Heather Burris:

   Black infants are more than 50 % more likely to be preterm and more than 200 % as likely to be born low birth weight than white infants, these ongoing disparities are of grave concern because they are largely responsible for the large black-white disparity in infant mortality.

3. John Perry:

   There are hundreds of factors that determine your future health and there are millions of things that influence birth weight [and] height. This is one incremental factor of many that contribute to this, keep in mind it is complicated, but it is an interesting piece of the jigsaw puzzle of biology.

4. Kyoko Nomura:

   Japan currently faces a serious problem of an increasing number of low birth weight babies.

5. Brady Hamilton:

   These data provide the official statistics on birth for the United States, the data allow you to monitor patterns, in terms of birth-related health issues for infants and mothers, such as cesarean delivery, preterm or low birth weight rates.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_Weight
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=birth weight