Question

why newborns are prone to hypothermia?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Newborns, infants, and young children are more likely to develop hypothermia because they have a larger surface area compared to body weight so they can lose body heat faster than older children and adults

Answer 2

Explanation:

ɴᴇᴏɴᴀᴛᴇꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ᴘʀᴏɴᴇ ᴛᴏ ʀᴀᴘɪᴅ ʜᴇᴀᴛ ʟᴏꜱꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏɴꜱᴇQᴜᴇɴᴛ ʜʏᴘᴏᴛʜᴇʀᴍɪᴀ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴜʀꜰᴀᴄᴇ ᴀʀᴇᴀ ᴛᴏ ᴠᴏʟᴜᴍᴇ ʀᴀᴛɪᴏ, ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪꜱ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ʜɪɢʜᴇʀ ɪɴ ʟᴏᴡ-ʙɪʀᴛʜ-ᴡᴇɪɢʜᴛ ɴᴇᴏɴᴀᴛᴇꜱ. ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ꜱᴇᴠᴇʀᴀʟ ᴍᴇᴄʜᴀɴɪꜱᴍꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ʜᴇᴀᴛ ʟᴏꜱꜱ: ʀᴀᴅɪᴀɴᴛ ʜᴇᴀᴛ ʟᴏꜱꜱ: ʙᴀʀᴇ ꜱᴋɪɴ ɪꜱ ᴇxᴘᴏꜱᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴀɴ ᴇɴᴠɪʀᴏɴᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴɪɴɢ ᴏʙᴊᴇᴄᴛꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏᴏʟᴇʀ ᴛᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ.

HOPE IT HELPS㋛︎ ✌︎✌︎

$\:$