P08: Disorders related to long gestation and high birth weight
P08.0: Exceptionally large baby
The child weighed more than 4.5 kilos.
There are various reasons why a child might be overweight at birth. A deviation like this may indicate some disorder, or it may not indicate ill health at all. The mother may have already been overweight before the pregnancy or she may have eaten unhealthily during the pregnancy.
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