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International Journal of Epidemiology 2003;32:632-633
© International Epidemiological Association 2003

Perinatal Epidemiology

Commentary: On the paradoxes of birthweight

Allen J Wilcox

Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, PO Box 12233, Durham NC 27709, USA. E-mail: wilcox@niehs.nih.gov

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Is there any epidemiological variable so much discussed and so little understood as birthweight? In the US, there has been a long-standing preoccupation with birthweight and infant health, while Europeans have led the way in studies of birthweight and the subsequent health of adults. In either case, the implied message is that a pregnant woman’s nutrition affects her baby’s weight at birth, and that birthweight in turn affects health. The irony, of course, is that a mother’s nutrition . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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