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 ...

Neonatal intensive care units are admitting more babies of all sizes, meaning that NICUs are increasingly caring for normal birth weight and term infants, according to a study in JAMA Pediatrics. The ...

Babies born with extremely low birth weight are not only at risk for physical problems but are also more likely to experience mental health problems later in life, according to an analysis of research ...

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 ...