A 16-pound baby born in Texas, which is quite shocking as an average weight of a new born baby is about to 7.5 pounds. The two-feet tall at birth JaMichael Brown is the biggest baby ever born in the state of Texas.
In medical term large infant is said to be macrosomia literary mean large body. These babies often have high blood sugar at birth, and a greater chance of obesity or diabetes later in life, according to doctors. The nurse who helped deliver JaMichael said there are health implications for an infant this large.
According to Babycenter.com, over 9 pounds and 15 ounces is considered much larger than average 16 pound is over to that.
Newborn JaMichael Brown lays in Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview, Texas, in this handout photo released to Reuters July 11, 2011. Brown, born on July 8, 2011, weighed 16 pounds and one ounce, more than double the national average for a newborn, and measured 24 inches long, just a few inches shy of an average one-year-old.REUTERSNewborn JaMichael Brown lays in Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview, Texas, in this handout photo released to Reuters July 11, 2011. Brown, born on July 8, 2011, weighed 16 pounds and one ounce, more than double the national average for a newborn, and measured 24 inches long, just a few inches shy of an average one-year-old.REUTERSNewborn JaMichael Brown lays in Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview, Texas, in this handout photo released to Reuters July 11, 2011. Brown, born on July 8, 2011, weighed 16 pounds and one ounce, more than double the national average for a newborn, and measured 24 inches long, just a few inches shy of an average one-year-old.REUTERS
