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Do fat babies grow up to be fat adults?
Research increasingly shows these infants are at higher risk of being obese later in life
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Isaiah Ng weighed 3.6kg when he was born. Now, at 7½ months, he weighs 9.7kg. The average birth weight of Singaporean Chinese babies at 40 weeks is about 3.2kg. Paediatricians say higher birth weight is associated with greater body mass index in childhood and later in life.
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If you are a parent of a fairly small baby, chances are your older relatives would advise or even nag at you to get your baby's weight up.
They will tell you that chubby babies are perceived to be well-fed and, thus, strong and healthy.
