Late preterm (LP) and early term (ET) infants can be considered the “great dissemblers”:
they resemble healthy full-term infants in appearance, but their immaturity places them at …

The developmental origins of health and disease is an emerging area of interest that
amalgamates many areas of scientific studies and encompasses a wide range of diverse …

Late preterm infants comprise the majority of preterm infants, yet there are few data to
support best nutritional practice for these infants. Breastmilk is considered the best choice of …

Background Babies born at moderate-late preterm gestations account for> 80% of all
preterm births. Although survival is excellent, these babies are at increased risk of adverse …

Preterm birth survivors are at a higher risk of growth and developmental disabilities
compared to their term counterparts. Development of strategies to lower the complications of …

Despite numerous advances in the nutrition of preterm infants, the increasing survival at
lower birth weights is resulting in a new frontier of extrauterine nutritional support of these …

The goal of nutritional management in VLBW and ELBW infants is the achievement of
postnatal growth at a rate that approximates the intrauterine growth of a normal fetus at the …

Nutritional needs are defined as the amount and chemical form of a nutrient needed to
support normal health, growth and development without disturbing the metabolism of other …

Extrauterine growth restriction is common in very preterm infants. The incidence in very-low-
birth-weight infants ranges between 43% and 97% in various centers, with a wide variability …

Normal fetal nutrition is a useful guide for understanding postnatal nutrition of infants born
very preterm. Fetal lipid uptake gradually increases towards term and is primarily used to …