Low Birthweight Babies - What Should You Worry About? The World Health Organization (WHO) defines low birth weight (LBW) babies as those weighing less than 2,500 g at birth, regardless of the ...

Observations on a cohort of neonates in the preintervention year of the field trial of home-based neonatal care (HBNC) in rural Gadchiroli, India, showed that preterm birth and low birth weight (LBW), ...

Low birth weight (LBW), defined as the body weight at birth of less than 2500 g, is a major public health problem in Bangladesh, where 37% of the babies are born with LBW. The objective of this study ...

"Delay of vaccination in preterm and LBW infants may most likely stem from inappropriate knowledge and perceptions of both parents and health-care providers regarding the safety and efficacy of timely ...

A preterm low birth weight (LBW) baby is comparable to a malnourished baby who is an easy prey to other mortality factors like asphyxia, hypothermia, infections, metabolic problems, hemorrhage, etc.

There is very little truth in the old wives tale on 'plump mums give birth to healthy babies'! If you are pregnant and gaining inches by the day, it could well be a cause for alarm. There is very ...