birth-weight

And the main causes of low birth-weight are: smoking, illegitimacy and teenage births.

Think Progress » Canadian university to Ann Coulter: Your hateful rhetoric won’t fly here, so watch your mouth when you visit. 2010

The main causes of infant mortality — aside from major birth defects — are prematurity and low birth-weight.

Think Progress » Canadian university to Ann Coulter: Your hateful rhetoric won’t fly here, so watch your mouth when you visit. 2010

Numerous studies have shown that pregnant women who participate in WIC have longer pregnancies leading to fewer premature births; fewer low and very low birth-weight babies; experience fewer fetal and infant deaths; seek prenatal care earlier in pregnancy; and consume more of such key nutrients as iron, protein, calcium, and Vitamins A and C.

Rev. Douglas A. Greenaway: Falling Through the Cracks in the Deficit Debate Rev. Douglas A. Greenaway 2011

Numerous studies have shown that pregnant women who participate in WIC have longer pregnancies leading to fewer premature births; fewer low and very low birth-weight babies; experience fewer fetal and infant deaths; seek prenatal care earlier in pregnancy; and consume more of such key nutrients as iron, protein, calcium, and Vitamins A and C.

Rev. Douglas A. Greenaway: Falling Through the Cracks in the Deficit Debate Rev. Douglas A. Greenaway 2011

But the researchers also found that women with workplace exposure to phthalates chemicals used to make plastics more flexible and pesticides were more than twice as likely to take six months or longer to conceive and to have lower birth-weight babies, they said in a journal news release.

Working with plasticizers, pesticides may reduce fertility 2011

Numerous studies have shown that pregnant women who participate in WIC have longer pregnancies leading to fewer premature births; fewer low and very low birth-weight babies; experience fewer fetal and infant deaths; seek prenatal care earlier in pregnancy; and consume more of such key nutrients as iron, protein, calcium, and Vitamins A and C.

Rev. Douglas A. Greenaway: Falling Through the Cracks in the Deficit Debate Rev. Douglas A. Greenaway 2011

Numerous studies have shown that pregnant women who participate in WIC have longer pregnancies leading to fewer premature births; fewer low and very low birth-weight babies; experience fewer fetal and infant deaths; seek prenatal care earlier in pregnancy; and consume more of such key nutrients as iron, protein, calcium, and Vitamins A and C.

Rev. Douglas A. Greenaway: Falling Through the Cracks in the Deficit Debate Rev. Douglas A. Greenaway 2011

Numerous studies have shown that pregnant women who participate in WIC have longer pregnancies leading to fewer premature births; fewer low and very low birth-weight babies; experience fewer fetal and infant deaths; seek prenatal care earlier in pregnancy; and consume more of such key nutrients as iron, protein, calcium, and Vitamins A and C.

Rev. Douglas A. Greenaway: Falling Through the Cracks in the Deficit Debate Rev. Douglas A. Greenaway 2011

Numerous studies have shown that pregnant women who participate in WIC have longer pregnancies leading to fewer premature births; fewer low and very low birth-weight babies; experience fewer fetal and infant deaths; seek prenatal care earlier in pregnancy; and consume more of such key nutrients as iron, protein, calcium, and Vitamins A and C.

Rev. Douglas A. Greenaway: Falling Through the Cracks in the Deficit Debate Rev. Douglas A. Greenaway 2011

Numerous studies have shown that pregnant women who participate in WIC have longer pregnancies leading to fewer premature births; fewer low and very low birth-weight babies; experience fewer fetal and infant deaths; seek prenatal care earlier in pregnancy; and consume more of such key nutrients as iron, protein, calcium, and Vitamins A and C.

Rev. Douglas A. Greenaway: Falling Through the Cracks in the Deficit Debate Rev. Douglas A. Greenaway 2011