“Using the same data, Davies found higher #diabetes rates as well as reduced #BirthWeight among babies whose mothers lived in noisy areas.

There has also been research showing that at #schools with chronic airplane noise, #elementary students had lower #reading scores.”

Referenced link: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-06-links-unhealthy-neighborhood-food-environments.html
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RT by @physorg_com: Study links unhealthy neighborhood food environments to poor #birthweight outcomes in New York @ColumbiaMSPH @jamanetworkopen https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2805935 https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-06-links-unhealthy-neighborhood-food-environments.html

Women living in US states with fewer restrictions related to reproductive rights have lower rates of low birth weight, especially among Black women.

#NICHDimpact #Pregnancy #Contraception #FamilyPlanning #BirthWeight

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33067070

Recent research suggests that if rates of obstetric practices had not changed between 1990 and 2013, then the average U.S. birth weight would have increased over this time.

#Obstetrics #BirthWeight #Births #Fertility

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31997231

Maternal smoking during pregnancy and birthweight on the third generation: results from two birth cohort studies. Eur J Pediatr (2023). Read it on: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00431-023-04888-3
#smoking #pegnancy #birthweight #intergenerationalrelation

Prematurity and BPD: what general pediatricians should know. Eur J Pediatr (2023). Read it on: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00431-022-04797-x
#prematurity #birthweight #infants #bronchopulmonary #dysplasia #followup #generalpediatricians #neonatology

This article adds to sparse evidence base on the topic: a recent review by Leroy et al. found only 4 studies have examined #cashtransfer effects on #birthweight & none were in Africa. https://academic.oup.com/jn/article/151/12/3841/6378059

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#Arsenic in private well water contributes to low #birthweight even at low levels https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0160412022001027 https://phys.org/news/2022-06-arsenic-private-contributes-birth-weight.html