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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Annales 81.1 - Advancing neonatal nutrition: Paving the path from present to future

Annales 81.1 - Advancing neonatal nutrition: Paving the path from present to future

While the survival of extremely low birthweight (ELBW) infants has increased over the years, problems of extended neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) stays, neurdeveopmental delays, poor vision, chronic lung disease, intestinal maladies and propensity for metabolic disorders in later life are still challenges that persist. One of the leading environmental factors that can shape the short-term and long-term outcomes of these infants relate to the optimisation of their nutrition. This edition of Annales Nestlé gives insights on the past and present of nutrition for the ELBW infant, and foresight

Josef Neu
Nadja Haiden WPD Presentation
Feeding preterm infants after hospital discharge: a ESPGHAN position paper

Feeding preterm infants after hospital discharge: a ESPGHAN position paper

Nadja Haiden >5 minutes
WPD Josef Neu Presentation
Nutrition for the sick preterm: can we make it more precise?

Nutrition for the sick preterm: can we make it more precise?

Josef Neu >5 minutes
NNIW92 Expert Interview - Opportunities to Improve Nutrition Education in Childcare Settings (videos)
NNIW92 Expert Interview - Opportunities to Improve Nutrition Education in Childcare Settings

NNIW92 Expert Interview - Opportunities to Improve Nutrition Education in Childcare Settings

Dianne Ward
NNIW92 Expert Interview - Nutrition education in childcare, schools and communities settings (videos)
NNIW92 Expert Interview - Nutrition education in childcare, schools and communities settings

NNIW92 Expert Interview - Nutrition education in childcare, schools and communities settings

Mary T. Story
NNIW92 Expert Interview - Implementation of the Nurturing Care Framework (videos)
NNIW92 Expert Interview - Implementation of the Nurturing Care Framework

NNIW92 Expert Interview - Implementation of the Nurturing Care Framework

Maureen Black
NNIW92 Expert Interview - Nutrition education to optimize growth for the first 1000 days (videos)
NNIW92 Expert Interview - Nutrition education to optimize growth for the first 1000 days

NNIW92 Expert Interview - Nutrition education to optimize growth for the first 1000 days

Maureen Black
NNIW92 Expert Interview - Feeding of Infant and Young Child, with Focus on Behavioral Aspects (videos)
NNIW92 Expert Interview - Feeding of Infant and Young Child, with Focus on Behavioral Aspects

NNIW92 Expert Interview - Feeding of Infant and Young Child, with Focus on Behavioral Aspects

Marion Heatherington
NNIW92 Expert Interview - Prenatal Nutrition Education (videos)
NNIW92 Expert Interview - Prenatal Nutrition Education

NNIW92 Expert Interview - Prenatal Nutrition Education

Anna Maria Siega-Riz
NNIW92 Expert Interview - Preconception Nutrition Education (videos)
NNIW92 Expert Interview - Preconception Nutrition Education

NNIW92 Expert Interview - Preconception Nutrition Education

Usha Ramakrishnan
Omega-3 and pregnancy: New Cochrane Review reveals reduced risk of pre-term births (news)
Omega-3 and pregnancy: New Cochrane Review reveals reduced risk of pre-term births

Omega-3 and pregnancy: New Cochrane Review reveals reduced risk of pre-term births