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Births in the United States: are babies getting fatter all the time?

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    Corpus
  • 10 February 2015
  • Patrick Hohlfeld
    • CHUV
    • Biologie et de médecine, UNIL
  • Olivier Irion
    • HUG
    • Médecine, UNIGE
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Last week, a woman in Florida gave birth to a baby weighing 6.4 kilos. In Switzerland, only 1% of children are born over 4.5 kilos.

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