Low Birth Weight

Premature, small for gestational age and low birth weight babies are an important public health concerns, especially in developing countries.This section covers the importance of using different nutrition approaches when managing low birth weight. It also brings extensive information on the nutritional requirements and adequate interventions recommended to ensure the best possible outcomes.  

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Christopher Stewart

Diet-microbe-host interaction in preterm infant health

Early life microbial dysbiosis may have short- and long-term consequences for an infant. Breastmilk and its components…

Christopher Stewart
N&G Yearbook 2024 Teaser Image

Nutrition and Growth Yearbook 2024

Human breast milk for preterm infants

Human breast milk for preterm infants

Nicholas Embleton
Metabolic Programming: Effects of Early Nutrition on Growth, Metabolism and Body Composition (videos)

Metabolic Programming: Effects of Early Nutrition on Growth, Metabolism and Body Composition

Ferdinand Haschke
Is Protein Supply in Infancy Linked to Childhood Obesity? (videos)

Is Protein Supply in Infancy Linked to Childhood Obesity?

Protein Requirement in Preterm Infants: Short- and Long-term Outcome

Protein Requirement in Preterm Infants: Short- and Long-term Outcome

Hans van Goudoever
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Human Milk Fortification

Pediatric Intervention - What Works and What Doesn't Work (videos)

Pediatric Intervention - What Works and What Doesn't Work

Hania Szajewska
Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism in Fetuses and Preterm Infants

Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism in Fetuses and Preterm Infants

Chris van den Akker
Human Milk for Preterm and Fortification (videos)

Human Milk for Preterm and Fortification

Post-discharge nutrition of preterm infants: a complex intervention (videos)

Post-discharge nutrition of preterm infants: a complex intervention

Nicholas Embleton