Gestational age: Babies born prematurely are usually smaller, while those born past their due date may be larger. Smoking: Pregnant individuals who smoke are more likely to have smaller babies.

Aliya Khatri was 36 weeks pregnant with her first child when she was told that her baby was small for gestational age. ... to immigrant women in Toronto and found that the Canadian charts categorized ...

The researchers followed 203 VP/VLBW (under 32 weeks gestational age and/or under 1500g) and 198 term born children (between 37 and 41 weeks gestation) in Germany born in 1985-6 into adulthood.

Birth weight charts are important because babies who are truly "small for gestational age," meaning they are smaller than about 90 percent of their peers, may have faced growth restriction in the ...