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birth weight

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birth weight or birth·weight (bûrthwt)
n.
The weight of an infant at birth.


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This gene variant carries a double whammy, in raising the risk of both lower birth weight and the development of type 2 diabetes in later life," the expert said.
Introduction The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the incidence of low birth weight births (infants weighing less than 2500 grams at birth) is on the rise, and that very young mothers (those 15 years old and under) are two to three times more likely to have a low birth weight baby than their counterparts aged 24-34 years.
 
 
 
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