CHUBBY TOTS SO MUCH BRAINIER.Byline For the use of the term in football (soccer), see Byline (soccer). The byline on a newspaper or magazine article gives the name, and often the position, of the writer of the article. : JOHN VON RADOWITZ BIGGER babies grow up to be brighter children, scientists said yesterday. They found that IQ at the age of seven was directly related to birthweight, even when this was within the normal range. Researchers in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of studied more than 3,000 children, most of whom had a birthweight of 6lbs 7oz. The link with intelligence was stronger for boys than girls. A 2.7lb increase in birth weight related to a 4.6 point increase in IQ among boys and a 2.8 point increase among girls. In boys IQ was associated with differences in birthweight between sibling pairs
The link remained even after factors such as mother's age, race, education and socio- socio- pref. 1. Society: sociocentric. 2. Social: sociogenic. economic status. British scientists discovered a similar pattern in a study published in January January: see month. . CAPTION(S): FAT'S MY BOY: Scientists say birth weight is linked to IQ and that heavy babies grow up to be brighter children |
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