Low birthweight and impaired growth to 5 years in Australian Aborigines
- 1 October 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
- Vol. 25 (5) , 279-283
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.1989.tb01477.x
Abstract
Twelve per cent of Aboriginal infants born in the Kimberly region of Western Australia in 1980 were of low birthweight; this is more than twice the incidence in the non-Aboriginal population of Western Australia. There was widespread faltering of growth (weight and height) after 6 months of age in Aboriginal children whether they were of normal or low birthweight. Growth retardation was more marked in low birthweight babies who showed little evidence of ''catch-up'' growth in the first 5 years of life.Keywords
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