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Article: BORN TO LOSE: HOW BIRTH WEIGHT AFFECTS ADULT HEALTH, SUCCESS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 5, 2007
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The University of Michigan issued the following press release:
Birth weight has significant and lasting effects, a new study finds. Weighing less than 5.5 pounds at birth increases the probability of dropping out of high school by one-third, reduces yearly earnings by about 15 percent and burdens people in their 30s and 40s with the health of someone who is 12 years older.
The study, presented May 22 in Washington, D.C. at the National Summit on America's Children, is the first to link birth weight with adult health and socioeconomic success using a full, nationally representative sample of the U.S. population. It is based on an analysis of more than 35 years of data on more than 12,000 ...