Doctors In Toronto: Joel Ray

Developmental Issues Dept: When newborns are deemed lower weight, they may be considered at higher risk of developmental issues and doctors may follow them more closely compared with heavier babies the same age. Health care workers should keep in mind weight differences for infants of mothers born in the Philippines, doctors in Toronto say. Romeo Ranoco/Reuters, according to CBC. For girls, the risk was about seven per cent and babies born to mothers from the Philippines are more likely to be wrongly labeled as underweight compared with other babies, an Ontario study suggests. In the November online issue of the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Canada, Dr. Joel Ray of St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto and his co-authors concluded about nine in every 100 baby boys of mothers from the Philippines were misclassified as being small for gestational age using conventional weight curves. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.