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.

Read more about Birth Weight:  Determinants, Abnormalities, Influence On Adult Life

Famous quotes containing the words birth and/or weight:

    “Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    “I falter where I firmly trod,
    And falling with my weight of cares
    Upon the great world’s altar-stairs
    That slope thro’ darkness up to God,”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)