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  2. Failure to thrive - Wikipedia

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    Failure to thrive (FTT), also known as weight faltering or faltering growth, indicates insufficient weight gain or absence of appropriate physical growth in children. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] FTT is usually defined in terms of weight, and can be evaluated either by a low weight for the child's age, or by a low rate of increase in the weight.

  3. Feeding disorder - Wikipedia

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    A feeding disorder, in infancy or early childhood, is a child's refusal to eat certain food groups, textures, solids or liquids for a period of at least one month, which causes the child to not gain enough weight, grow naturally or cause any developmental delays. [1]

  4. Small for gestational age - Wikipedia

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    Normal weight at term delivery is 2,500–4,200 g (5 lb 8 oz – 9 lb 4 oz). [citation needed] SGA is not a synonym of low birth weight, very low birth weight, or extremely low birth weight. For example, with a 35-week gestational age delivery, a weight of 2,250 g (4 lb 15 oz) is appropriate for gestational age but is still low birth weight.

  5. I deliberately left my baby's weight off her birth ... - AOL

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    Among the details most sites suggested I include was my baby's weight. While I’m well aware, having been born over three months early and hovering just under two pounds (880 grams), that weight ...

  6. Rebel Wilson says she lost weight to improve her chances of ...

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    And just as excessive weight can bring on pregnancy complications, being underweight or not gaining enough weight during the pregnancy can result in preterm labor and a low-birth-weight baby, says ...

  7. Low birth weight - Wikipedia

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    Low birth weight may be a result of preterm birth. Low birth weight (LBW) is defined by the World Health Organization as a birth weight of an infant of 2,499 g (5 lb 8.1 oz) or less, regardless of gestational age. [1] Infants born with LBW have added health risks which require close management, often in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU ...

  8. 12 reasons you aren't losing weight even though you're eating ...

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    10. You're taking medications that cause weight gain "Certain medications can induce weight gain or hinder weight loss by altering hormones, changing appetite, or causing water retention," says Costa.

  9. Weight and height percentile - Wikipedia

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    Children with failure to thrive usually have a weight that is below the 3rd or 5th percentile for their age and a declining growth velocity (meaning they are not gaining weight as expected). Recently it has come to light that current growth charts for infants under 24 months overstate the expected weight of babies and lead to potentially obese ...