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One in five Colorado women do not gain enough weight during pregnancy!

Colorado women who do not gain enough weight during pregnancy are more than one and a half times as likely to deliver a low birthweight infant (a baby weighing 5 pounds, 8 ounces or less) compared to women who gain enough weight.

Low birthweight babies are not just small babies!

They are more likely to have serious health problems and long term disabilities, like cerebral palsy, sight and hearing problems and learning problems in school.




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Colorado has one of the highest low birthweight rates in the nation.

In 2005 the state’s low birthweight rate was 9.3 percent, with over 6,000 babies born low birthweight. According to Tipping the Scales: Weighing in on Solutions to the Low Birth Weight Problem in Colorado, a study conducted by the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment, inadequate weight gain during pregnancy was the largest contributor to the number of low weight births for women carrying just one baby.







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A Healthy Baby is Worth the Weight: A video for expecting mothers

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The Women’s Health Section, and Grant Number 2 B04 MC 00337-07 from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (Title V, Social Security Act), Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services supports the contents of this Web site. All information provided is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice.

Last update: May 29, 2007
All information provided is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice.