From The South Asian Times:
"The odds of having a low-birth-weight baby were one and a half to two times greater for mothers who themselves were born low birth weight compared to mothers who were not born low birth weight," said researcher Jennifer Kane, assistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine in the US.

Originally ran in IANS. Link unavailable, instead see:
http://www.thesouthasiantimes.info/index.php?param=news/106967

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