Why do premature babies take so long to “catch up” in size to babies born at a normal time?

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A google search reveals that premature babies take around 3 years to catch up, but a premature baby is obviously not born more than a couple months earlier than they “should” be. Why does it take so long for them to develop, why wouldn’t they just continue growing as they would have inside the womb?

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Have you ever taken cookies out of the oven prematurely and let them finish cooking on the cookie sheet? Sure you’ll end up with cookies either way, but they finish cooking differently than they would if they’d stayed in the oven for a while longer.

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