Understanding weather, climate, and birthweight: Findings from the U.S. natility data files 1969-78

Ge Lin; Song Feng

doi:10.1109/ISWREP.2011.5893420

Understanding weather, climate, and birthweight: Findings from the U.S. natility data files 1969-78

Ge Lin^*
, Song Feng

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Weather and extreme weather events are thought to be related to low birth weight. If this relation is held, it will have a wide range of public health impacts as birth weight is a key indicator of many life course health outcomes, and climate change increases the intensity of extreme weather events. The current study examines the relationship between birth weight and weather variables during the birth month while controlling other known risk factors. While the preliminary results seem to suggest a relationship between birth weight and extreme hot temperature, the result does not hold when individual and other risk factors are introduced. It is concluded that birth weight is primarily related to the temperature of birth month: the colder the month, the heavier the baby, to some degree. Even though we did not confirm the relationship between birth weight and extreme weather events, global warming is still likely to negatively affect birth outcomes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ISWREP 2011 - Proceedings of 2011 International Symposium on Water Resource and Environmental Protection
Pages	2639-2642
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISWREP.2011.5893420
Publication status	Published - 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	2011 International Symposium on Water Resource and Environmental Protection, ISWREP 2011 - Xi'an, China Duration: 20 May 2011 → 22 May 2011

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Name	ISWREP 2011 - Proceedings of 2011 International Symposium on Water Resource and Environmental Protection
Volume	4

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Conference	2011 International Symposium on Water Resource and Environmental Protection, ISWREP 2011
Country/Territory	China
City	Xi'an
Period	20/05/11 → 22/05/11

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SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

ambient temperature
birth weight
extreme temperature days
weather

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Lin, G., & Feng, S. (2011). Understanding weather, climate, and birthweight: Findings from the U.S. natility data files 1969-78. In ISWREP 2011 - Proceedings of 2011 International Symposium on Water Resource and Environmental Protection (pp. 2639-2642). Article 5893420 (ISWREP 2011 - Proceedings of 2011 International Symposium on Water Resource and Environmental Protection; Vol. 4). https://doi.org/10.1109/ISWREP.2011.5893420

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Lin G, Feng S. Understanding weather, climate, and birthweight: Findings from the U.S. natility data files 1969-78. In ISWREP 2011 - Proceedings of 2011 International Symposium on Water Resource and Environmental Protection. 2011. p. 2639-2642. 5893420. (ISWREP 2011 - Proceedings of 2011 International Symposium on Water Resource and Environmental Protection). doi: 10.1109/ISWREP.2011.5893420

Understanding weather, climate, and birthweight: Findings from the U.S. natility data files 1969-78

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