Premature, small for Gestacional Age and Low birth weight babies are an important Public Health concern specially in Developing countries.This section covers the importance of using different nutrition approaches when managing Low Birthweight . It also brings extensive information on the nutritional requirements and adequate interventions recommended to ensure the best possible outcomes.
Publications
Nutrition In Preterm & Role Of HMF
Preterm infants often demand intensive care due to associated risks and their unique demand for nutrition during hospitalizations and post-discharge. Although the mother’s milk has been universally accepted as the best feed for an infant it might not
Role of Protein in Long-Term Health and Metabolic Programming
Breast milk is the gold standard for infant nutrition. Because of its unique composition, particularly the quality and quantity of proteins, breast milk provides the ideal nutrition to support an infant’s healthy growth and development. The first
Enteral Feeding Support for Preterm Infants
Adequate nutrition support of preterm infants is important for their survival and long-term health and development. Breastfeeding is the first choice of nutrition for preterm infants. Human milk fortification is an effective strategy to optimize
Videos
Epigenesis & Early metabolic programming
In this talk Dr. Aftab Yusuf Raj talks about the importance of nutrition in early infancy, breast milk, and also expands on evolution of protein
Human Milk for Preterm and Fortification 2015
Jatinder Bhatia discusses the challenenges of meeting nutrient requirment in preterm infants solely with breast milk.
Nutritional Implications in LBW Infants and its Long Term Outcomes: Nestle
View the webinar about Nutritional Implications in LBW Infants and its Long Term Outcomes by Dr. George Jose presented at Nestlé Nutrition Institute,
Conferences
Recent Advances in Neonatal Medicine
It is a great pleasure to announce the VIIIth edition of Recent Advances in Neonatal Medicine 2017 which is dedicated to my friend Prof. Bo Sun, MD, PhD, Shanghai, one of the leading Asian scientists in neonatology.
20 years ago, the first edition of
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Effect of Fortified Complementary Food Supplementation on the Growth Outcomes of Children
Fortified Complementary Food Supplements: Effects on Child GrowthAn unblinded, community-based, cluster-randomised controlled trial evaluating the
Prenatal Iron-Folate Supplementation: Effects on Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes
A study published in The Journal of Nutrition assessed the effects of prenatal iron-folate supplementation on maternal and neonatal iron status. For
