In a newborn infant, this may be as high as 79 percent of the body weight, but it progressively decreases from birth to old age, most of the decrease occurring during the first 10 years of life.
This may be as high as 79 percent of the body weight. This is in a newborn infant. It progressively decreases from birth to old age. Old age is most of the decrease. This decrease is occurring during the first 10 years of life.