{"id":31382,"date":"2020-07-23T07:29:02","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T07:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=31382"},"modified":"2020-07-23T07:29:02","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T07:29:02","slug":"low-birthweight-lbw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/low-birthweight-lbw\/","title":{"rendered":"Low birthweight (LBW)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Low-birthweight-LBW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-31383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Low-birthweight-LBW-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Used as shorthand to describe babies born at weight less than 2.5 kg. Average birthweight is close to 3.5 kg (WHO reference mean). 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