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
Human Milk Oligosaccharides in the Milk of Mothers Delivering Term versus Preterm Infants (publications)
Human Milk Oligosaccharides in the Milk of Mothers Delivering Term versus Preterm Infants

Human Milk Oligosaccharides in the Milk of Mothers Delivering Term versus Preterm Infants

Co-Authored by 3 Experts
Longitudinal Changes of Mineral Concentrations in Preterm and Term Human Milk from Lactating Swiss Women (publications)
Longitudinal Changes of Mineral Concentrations in Preterm and Term Human Milk from Lactating Swiss Women

Longitudinal Changes of Mineral Concentrations in Preterm and Term Human Milk from Lactating Swiss Women

Co-Authored by 3 Experts
Nutrition and growth Yearbook 2020 (publications)
Nutrition and growth Yearbook 2020

Nutrition and growth Yearbook 2020

Co-Authored by 4 Experts
Early Nutrition Influence – Preventive and Therapeutic Aspects – Proceedings from NNI KOL Meeting Zone EMENA 2019 (publications)
Early Nutrition Influence – Preventive and Therapeutic Aspects – Proceedings from NNI KOL Meeting Zone EMENA 2019

Early Nutrition Influence – Preventive and Therapeutic Aspects – Proceedings from NNI KOL Meeting Zone EMENA 2019

Mike Poßner
Evidence-based Medicine and HMOs: Where are we now? Where are we going? (videos)
Evidence-based Medicine and HMOs: Where are we now? Where are we going?

Evidence-based Medicine and HMOs: Where are we now? Where are we going?

Hania Szajewska
Preemies face higher risk of diabetes as children and young adults (news)
Preemies face higher risk of diabetes as children and young adults

Preemies face higher risk of diabetes as children and young adults

Protein in Neonatal Nutrition: Neither Too Little Nor Too Much (publications)
Protein in Neonatal Nutrition: Neither Too Little Nor Too Much

Protein in Neonatal Nutrition: Neither Too Little Nor Too Much

Co-Authored by 2 Experts
NNIW94 - Milk, Mucosal Immunity & the Microbiome: Impact on the Neonate (publications)
NNIW94 - Milk, Mucosal Immunity & the Microbiome: Impact on the Neonate

NNIW94 - Milk, Mucosal Immunity & the Microbiome: Impact on the Neonate

Co-Authored by 3 Experts