E.g., I gained a whopping 50 + pounds when pregnant with each of my kids, which was a huge amount on my small frame (5 ′ 3 ″)-- a big no - no that deeply distressed one of my OB's — and yet both kids had a completely normal birth weight and now are exactly average or even a bit lower than average on the weight charts. (thelunchtray.com)
The study utilized the McMaster Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Cohort, which includes a group of 179 extremely low birth weight survivors and 145 normal birth weight controls born between 1977 and 1982, which has 40 years» worth of data. (sciencedaily.com)
«In terms of major stresses in childhood and adolescence, preterm survivors appear to be impacted more than those born at normal birth weight,» said Ryan J. Van Lieshout, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioural neurosciences at McMaster University and the Albert Einstein / Irving Zucker Chair in Neuroscience. (sciencedaily.com)