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Low birth weight is one of the prominent ‘new baby concern’ for most parents. Let us try to understand this phenomenon better.
A baby whose birth weight is less than 2.5 kilograms is considered to have low birth weight. About 6% of all babies are estimated to be born with a low birth weight. However, it is important to understand that not all low birth weight babies have some underlying medical condition or problem. Sometimes, babies are just born small for no particular reason.
In many cases, low birth weight will have no impact on your child’s growth and development. This is especially true if the baby was born full-term with no other underlying medical problems. However, when the baby is born premature, or if the baby is born full-term but with some underlying medical problems, then a low birth weight baby has an increased risk of:
How severe these problems are depends on how low the birth weight is. It also depends on the cause of the low birth weight and the stage of pregnancy when growth restriction started.
Additionally, while some people correlate low birth weight to lower intelligence and poor health, but there are no strong evidences to prove these.
The cause of the low birth weight in your child is more important than the actual weight itself. This is because the cause determines your baby’s health as he grows up. The following are the top 12 causes for low birth weight in children:
There are many things that you can do to give your child a healthy start and overcome the problems associated with low birth weight:
If you are pregnant, and worried about low birth weight, there are quite a few things that you can do during pregnancy to reduce the risk of a low birth weight baby. These include good and early prenatal care, balance and nutritious diet, folic acid supplements and regular health checkups. Read on factors that influence ideal weight of infants.
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