Britain’s Biggest Babies
Britain’s babies are getting bigger and bigger. One in 20 newborns in the UK weighs over 9lbs and are classed as too big, and this can be traumatic for both baby and mum.
Britain’s Biggest Babies looks at why our country’s babies are getting larger and investigates the theory that a nation of junk food eating mothers are producing a nation of junk food loving children – who are being born big and are staying big.
And a team of experts who have been experimenting with pregnant rats reveal the astonishing results of their studies.
The programme also features:
• The mum who gave birth to Britain’s biggest ever baby.
• The 23-stone-mum awaiting the birth of her second child.
• The mum whose 14lb baby is now just two but wearing clothes for a seven-year-old
• The 10lb 9oz newborn who is now a year old and can eat a full bag of chips
• Footage of the biggest baby in the world – 17lb Nadia from Siberia.
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 9:00PM – 10:00PM
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I was 7 1/2 stone when I feel pregnant with my son (so not a junk food eater!) and he was born at 11 1/2lb’s!
I have never encouraged my children to
eat junk food nor did I eat it when I was pregnant in fact I only ate white meat at the time as the BSE crisis was at its height.
I had two children after this one at over 10lb and one 5 weeks early at 7 lb 9.
None of my children are over weight and live active and are sensible eaters although they have always been above average in weight and build, which they should be if they are to follow their centile growth.
I wish people would look at average people who have large babies and look at the reasons rather than go for the sensational line!