Traduction de «poids faible à la naissance » (Français → Anglais) :

low birth weight [ LBW | low weight at birth ]

low birth weight infant | LBW infant | low-birth-weight infant | low birth weight baby | low-birth-weight baby | LBW baby

low-birth-weight baby

low birthweight baby

Definition: A disorder characterized by deliberate weight loss, induced and sustained by the patient. It occurs most commonly in adolescent girls and young women, but adolescent boys and young men may also be affected, as may children approaching puberty and older women up to the menopause. The disorder is associated with a specific psychopathology whereby a dread of fatness and flabbiness of body contour persists as an intrusive overvalued idea, and the patients impose a low weight threshold on themselves. There is usually undernutrition of varying severity with secondary endocrine and metabolic changes and disturbances of bodily functi ...[+++]on. The symptoms include restricted dietary choice, excessive exercise, induced vomiting and purgation, and use of appetite suppressants and diuretics.

A low birth weight indicates that pregnant women are not receiving adequate nutrition.

We would also make sure that the information that's disclosed to potential patients is accurate in terms of giving them the risks, so that they know about multiple pregnancy, the downside of low birth weight as a complication, and the fact that most people who have IVF do not have a baby.

Undernutrition includes: i) intrauterine growth restriction which leads to low birth weight; ii) stunting iii) wasting and nutritional oedema; and iv) deficiencies of essential micronutrients.

Finally, the studies cited by various Member States in their NAPs/incl indicate a high prevalence of problems among the most disadvantaged social groups, such as mental disorders, tobacco, alcohol and drug abuse/addiction, respiratory disorders, obesity, sequelae of accidents, premature or low-weight babies, infant mortality (France, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Portugal).