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weightGravitational force exerted on an object by another object. The weight of an object depends on its mass - the amount of material in it - and the strength of the local gravitational pull (the acceleration due to gravity). The Earth's gravitational pull decreases with height and consequently, an object weighs less at the top of a mountain than at sea level. On the surface of the Moon, an object has only one-sixth of its weight on Earth (although its mass is unchanged), because the Moon's surface gravity is one-sixth that of the Earth's. |
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| We matched each postneonatal infant death to four infants surviving to 1 year of age, by birth weight category and date of birth (within 2 weeks). Reports by Toronto Medical Officer David McKeown indicate that the city's low birth weight rate is significantly higher than the Ontario rate. They conducted logistic regression analyses to test associations between two maternal risk factors-obesity and diabetes--and three adverse pregnancy outcomes--a first cesarean delivery, preterm birth (delivery before 37 weeks of gestation) and birth of an infant with a low birth weight (less than 2,500 g). |
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