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Do premature babies grow up to be short adults?
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Not necessarily: Extremely early or very low birth weight babies may be generally smaller in height and weight as adults than term babies, but many preterm babies grow to essentially normal height (genetically determined).
Answered 9/4/2014
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Premature: If the preemie weighs less than 5 pounds and does not catch up by the first year he will probably be short
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