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
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Breastfeeding and Mother and Child Health. Global Strategies to Promote Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding and Mother and Child Health. Global Strategies to Promote Breastfeeding

Michael Abou Dakn
Clinical overview of effects of dietary LCPUFA during the perinatal period on infant health
Clinical overview of effects of dietary LCPUFA during the perinatal period on infant health

Clinical overview of effects of dietary LCPUFA during the perinatal period on infant health

Susan E. Carlson
Protein and Preterm Growth (videos)
Protein and Preterm Growth

Protein and Preterm Growth

Barbara E. Cormack
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Global Estimates of Preterm Prevalence

Global Estimates of Preterm Prevalence

James M. Tielsch
The CoMiSS as a Predictor for the Diagnosis of Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy (videos)
The CoMiSS as a Predictor for the Diagnosis of Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy

The CoMiSS as a Predictor for the Diagnosis of Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy

Yvan Vandenplas
The Global Childhood Obesity Pandemic
The Global Childhood Obesity Pandemic

The Global Childhood Obesity Pandemic

Ferdinand Haschke
Hydrolyzed Protein in Infants Feeding
Hydrolyzed Protein in Infants Feeding

Hydrolyzed Protein in Infants Feeding

Yvan Vandenplas
Taste and Flavor Development (videos)
Taste and Flavor Development

Taste and Flavor Development

Erin S. Ross