In Japan, almost one in ten babies were born underweight in 2018. Very low birth weight is linked to an increased risk of developing disabilities, diabetes and other lifestylerelated diseases in ...

Overweight men are more likely to father underweight babies, a new study has shown. Researchers from the University of Sao Paulo’s Ribeirao Preto Medical School found that obesity can impact the ...

That's because when a pregnant woman is underweight, it can pose risks to the well-being of the baby. When you plan to gain ...

Delivering an underweight baby is associated with an increased risk of thinking and memory problems later in life, suggests ...

Despite the Japanese government expressing concern about the issue for more than a decade, nearly one in ten Japanese women still give birth to babies in the low weight range. Underweight mothers ...

The percentage of macrosomic and underweight babies was small and their inclusion in the study did not affect the statistical significance of the results.