Like many new parents, you might be wondering if your baby is growing at a healthy rate. Questions like "What is the average newborn weight?" or "How much should a 1-year-old weigh?" are common. While ...

How concerns about infant and child weight became a stand-in for health, and how these assumptions shape parenting, medical ...

Parents know how quickly time slips by. One moment, your child fits snugly beside you; the next, they’re outgrowing their ...

Infants exposed to gestational diabetes in utero may not have as weighty of challenges as previously believed. A new study led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and Harvard Medical ...

The connections a baby's brain forms during the first two years of life, coupled with a baby's genetic makeup, offer a window into their development. Cedars-Sinai pediatric neurologists, developmental ...

Objective To examine the relationship between postpartum physical activity and maternal postnatal cardiometabolic health, breastfeeding, injury, and infant growth and development. Design Systematic ...

A new study reveals surprising findings about how babies exposed to gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) grow during their first year of life. A new study led by researchers at The University of Texas ...