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NNIW96 - Strategies in neonatal care to promote optimized growth and development: Focus on low birth weight infants

Growth & Development

06.08.2021

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According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 15 million babies are born too early every year. That is more than 1 in 10 babies and this number is rising. Early and adequate nutritional support is critical to achieve appropriate rates of weight gain, which are almost twice that of a term infant. Despite intensive nutritional strategies for premature infants, growth failure remains a major problem. The 96th Nestlé Nutrition Institute workshop focused on the latest scientific knowledge in the area of neonatal care in preterm and low birth weight infants, including human milk oligosaccharides and their potential impact on the health of neonates. Discussed were the best-in-class nutritional strategies to optimize feeding, nutrition and growth in preterm infants during their intensive care period and after discharge from the hospital.

Starting and Increasing Feeds, Milk Tolerance and Monitoring of Gut Health in Significantly Preterm Infants

Dr. Janet Berrington

Strategies in Neonatal Care to Promote Growth and Neurodevelopment of the Preterm Infant

Professor Frank Bloomfield; Barbara Cormack

Nutritional Interventions to Improve Brain Outcomes in Preterm Infants

Professor Nicholas Embleton

Postdischarge Nutrition of Preterm Infants: Breastfeeding, Complementary Foods, Eating Behavior and Feeding Problems

Nadja Haiden

Quality of Growth, Body Composition and Longer-Term Metabolic Outcomes

Professor Neena Modi

Donor Milk Banking - Safety, Efficacy, New Methodologies

Professor Christoph Fusch; Corinna Gebauer

Meeting Protein and Energy Requirements of Preterm Infants Receiving Human Milk

Dr. Chris van den Akker; Professor Nicholas Embleton; Professor Hans van Goudoever

Human Milk Fortifiers for Preterm Infants: Do We Offer the Best Amino Acid Mix?

Professor Ferdinand Haschke; Professor Hans van Goudoever; Nadja Haiden; Dominik Grathwohl

New Ways to Provide a Human Milk Fortifier during Breastfeeding

Nadja Haiden; Professor Ferdinand Haschke

The Role of Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Very Preterm Nutrition

Dr. Andrew McPhee; Maria Makrides

The Potential Role of Nutrition in Modulating the Long-Term Consequences of Early-Life Stress

Professor Hans van Goudoever

Micronutrient Intakes and Health Outcomes in Preterm Infants

Professor Magnus Domellöf

Importance of the Gut Microbiome in Preterm Infants

Christopher Stewart

Selected Human Milk Oligosaccharides Added to Infant Formulas for Term Infants

Hania Szajewska

Microbiota and Human Milk Oligosaccharides in Premature Infants

Professor Jean-Michel Hascoët; Monica Chen

Human Milk Bioactives: Future Perspective

Professor Ryan Carvalho

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