Journal of Biochemistry Research

Birth Weight Health

 Birth weight is the body weight of a baby taken just after he or she is born. The typical birth weight in babies of European heritage is 3.5 kilograms (7.7 lb), though the range of normal is between 2.5 and 4.5 kilograms (5.5 and 9.9 lb). A low birth weight baby are often born too small, too early or both. This can happen for several reasons. They include health problems in the mother, genetic factors, problems with the placenta, and drugs which are used by the mother. Some low birth weight babies may be more at risk for particular health problems. Some may become sick in the first few days of life or might develop infections. Others may suffer from longer-term problems like delayed motor and social development or learning disabilities. There are numerous studies that have attempted, with varying degrees of success, to point out links between birth weight and later-life conditions, including diabetes, obesity, tobacco smoking, and intelligence. Low birth weight is related to neonatal infection and infant mortality. a very large birth weight is typically caused by the infant having been large for gestational age. there's a complex relationship between a baby's genes and the maternal environment that the child is developing in. Foetal genes influence how the fetus grows in utero, and therefore the maternal genes influence how the environment affects the growing fetus.  

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