Like many new parents, you might be wondering if your baby is growing at a healthy rate. Questions like "What is the average newborn weight?" or "How much should a 1-year-old weigh?" are common. While ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Reversing a trend of nearly five decades, birth weight in the U.S. may be on the decline, according to a new study. From 1990 to 2005, birth weight decreased by 52 grams (1 ...

EDMONTON, Alberta (CTV Network) — Boys born weighing less than a kilogram are 4.6 years older biologically later in life than men of the same age who were born at a normal birth weight, according to a ...

Low birth weight, but not macrosomia, was associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) events compared with normal birth weight. Low birth weight (<2.5 kg) vs normal birth weight (2.5-4.0 ...

The study covered in this summary was published in ResearchSquare as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. In a study of just over 4000 middle-aged women in China, researchers found: A ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - During adolescence, girls but not boys may be more likely to develop depression if they were born weighing less than about 5.5 pounds, new research suggests. "Parents and ...