How many pounds were you when you were born? Quickly recall, because scientists say birth weight may affect how high your IQ is, how fat you are, and can even affect your health for the rest of your life – for example, whether you are more likely to get diabetes, high blood pressure, respiratory illnesses, mental illnesses in the future …… or even Cancer. Don’t think I’m “fooling” you, there is research evidence for this. Full-term baby just born, weight in the range of 5 pounds to 8 pounds is more appropriate, if you are still less than 5 pounds, is a low-weight children, if more than 8 pounds, is a huge baby it. The heavier you are at birth, the higher your IQ? Dr. Richards of the British Medical Research Association led a study that tracked 3,900 men and women born in 1946, and the results showed that birth weight is directly proportional to intelligence, which means that the heavier you are born, the smarter you are when you grow up, and if you are a low-weight child, your cognitive function may be affected. As for the reason, scientists are not very clear, it is currently believed that the larger baby’s brain volume is larger, or more connections in the brain. However, scientists have also said, can not be completely “weight on the hero”, affect the human intelligence of millions of factors, birth weight is just one of them, other things such as living in a very small space ah, air pollution is very serious ah, and even parents often break out divorce war will affect the baby’s intellectual development. If you are a fat …… If you were born thin and dry, don’t think you can continue to be a bonny beauty when you grow up, the end may be the exact opposite – low weight children are more likely to become fat as adults. Professor Pan Hui explains that a child with intrauterine growth retardation has to scramble for nutrients to meet energy needs while in his mother’s womb, and his tiny body sets itself up to meet the metabolic levels of the situation – such as easier to absorb, easier to store, and less likely to be lost. When this child was born, the nutritional situation changed and was able to meet his needs, but the body’s original programming did not change, causing his subsequent metabolic abnormalities. So low weight children tend to be more likely to be obese as adults and more likely to develop various metabolic diseases. This is already an inherent disadvantage, but low-weight children are easily “fattened” by their parents after birth, which is actually more harmful, as children who are fattened have a greater chance of developing diabetes and coronary heart disease in the future. Low-weight children are prone to gain weight, and huge children are not much better. The study showed that the birth weight is too large, not only when the birth of “harm harm to themselves” (think about how hard your mother gave birth to you ~ ~ ~), the risk of obesity in adulthood is also greater, and may be susceptible to diabetes and other metabolic diseases. If you are a short person …… Although the fact that you are a fat person in the future is already very desperate, it is likely that you are not only fat, but also short and fat. Professor Pan Hui said that about 1/4 of newborns with low weight will not reach the desired height in the future. In addition to congenital deficiencies, low-weight babies are also more likely to have a poor appetite after birth, have poor lifestyle habits, get sick often, etc., so they are more likely to end up short in height. What about the remaining 3/4? Actually, many low-weight children will achieve catch-up growth after birth, and if they can reach normal levels by age two, they will not be small in the future. Birth weight and cancer risk “The fetal origin of adult diseases” has been studied in a large number of scientific studies abroad, and even in specialized academic organizations and journals, and in China, the Capital Institute of Pediatrics conducted such a study on people born in Peking Union Medical College Hospital between 1948 and 1954, and the conclusions were consistent — Birth weight can indeed affect the risk of developing a variety of diseases in adulthood, and adverse effects during embryonic development can last a lifetime. 1, coronary heart disease: low-weight children are more likely to suffer from coronary heart disease. Studies show that: birth weight of 5 pounds or less compared with more than 6 pounds of the population, the chance of coronary heart disease from 11% to 3%. 2, hypertension: multi-national studies have confirmed that birth weight and blood pressure in children and adults is inversely proportional, low birth weight people will have higher blood pressure in adulthood, after birth to catch up with the growth of people more serious. 3, diabetes: foreign studies have confirmed: the birth weight of 5.5 pounds than 9.5 pounds of people with type 2 diabetes is three times more likely. Low-weight children are prone to diabetes, but the incidence of type 2 diabetes is also increased when the birth weight is greater than 4.5 kg. 4, respiratory disease: intrauterine growth restriction and low birth weight are closely associated with changes in lung development and function, including increased risk of respiratory distress and weakened airway function. Such children are more likely to develop diseases such as asthma. 5, low immune function: Studies have confirmed that poor intrauterine nutrition affects immune system development, and low birth weight infants are often associated with immune system disorders. 6, breast cancer: the lower the birth weight, the lower the risk of breast cancer. Studies have found that women with a birth weight of 2.5 kg or less have a 50% lower risk of breast cancer than women with a birth weight of 4.0 kg or more – finally there is a low birth weight child advantage. 7, testicular cancer: Swedish research shows that whether it is low birth weight children or huge children, the risk of testicular cancer will increase 8, hepatoblastoma: low birth weight infants have a significantly higher prevalence than the normal birth weight of the population 15 times higher. 9, mental illness: intrauterine malnutrition can affect the development of the central nervous system. Some studies have pointed out that low birth weight and schizophrenia and male depression have a significant relationship. Concordia research also confirmed that low-weight children are more likely to suffer from dementia.