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Anthropometry and body composition of south Indian babies at birth.

OBJECTIVES To assess the consequences on body composition of increasing birth weight in Indian babies in relation to reported values in Western babies, and to assess the relationship between maternal and neonatal anthropometry and body composition. DESIGN Prospective observational study. SETTING Bangalore City, India. SUBJECTS A total of 712 women were recruited at 12.5+/-3.1 weeks of ges...

pattern of birth weight of new born babies at a tertiary care level

in the present study conducted at a tertiary care level during the period from 2000-2009, the proportion of birth weight (≥2.5 kg) of new born babies was 80.8%, low birth weight (<2.5 kg) of new born babies was 19.2%. of the new born babies, proportion of very low birth weight (<2 kg) was 6.9%. in this study, sex wise difference in the proportion of low birth weight new born babies was not sign...

Why premature babies get bad eyesight

Health[1] Health[1]Children [2]Prevention [3]The Body [4]The brain [5]Denmark [6]Videnskab.dk [7] Impaired vision in extremely premature babies is often caused by brain damage, new study shows. Infants born extremely prematurely are at increased risk of developing bad eyesight. Up to now, it has been assumed that the impaired vision was mainly due to damage to the infant’s retina, known as reti...