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
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
2015 3rd Conference on Federation of African Nutrition Societies (FANUS) (events)
2015 3rd Conference on Federation of African Nutrition Societies (FANUS)

2015 3rd Conference on Federation of African Nutrition Societies (FANUS)

86th Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop: Protein in Neonatal and Infant Nutrition: Recent Updates (events)
86th Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop: Protein in Neonatal and Infant Nutrition: Recent Updates

86th Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop: Protein in Neonatal and Infant Nutrition: Recent Updates

EUROPEDIATRICS 7th Biennial EPA/UNEPSA Congress (events)
EUROPEDIATRICS 7th Biennial EPA/UNEPSA Congress

EUROPEDIATRICS 7th Biennial EPA/UNEPSA Congress

FIGO 2015 (Maternal Nutrition) 21st World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics (events)
FIGO 2015 (Maternal Nutrition) 21st World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics

FIGO 2015 (Maternal Nutrition) 21st World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics

85th Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop: Preventive Aspects of Early Nutrition (events)
85th Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop: Preventive Aspects of Early Nutrition

85th Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop: Preventive Aspects of Early Nutrition

World Congress of Public Health Nutrition (WCPHN) (events)
World Congress of Public Health Nutrition (WCPHN)

World Congress of Public Health Nutrition (WCPHN)

Nestlé International Nutrition Symposium (NINS) 2014 (events)
Nestlé International Nutrition Symposium (NINS) 2014

Nestlé International Nutrition Symposium (NINS) 2014

2014 4th NNI Regional Symposium (events)
2014 4th NNI Regional Symposium

2014 4th NNI Regional Symposium