TY - JOUR
T1 - Nutrition and growth in infants born preterm from birth to adulthood
AU - Giannì, Maria Lorella
AU - Roggero, Paola
AU - Garbarino, Francesca
AU - Bracco, Beatrice
AU - Fumagalli, Monica
AU - Agosti, Massimo
AU - Mosca, Fabio
PY - 2013/10
Y1 - 2013/10
N2 - Prevention of extra-uterine growth retardation is of extreme importance, as the achievement of adequate growth has been associated with a favorable neurodevelopmental outcome through childhood. In addition, as disturbances in growth that take place early in life may affect adult health, a full understanding of the growth trajectory of very-low-birth-weight infants is also advisable. This review will focus attention on the nutritional strategies proposed during hospital admission and after discharge in order to limit extra-uterine growth retardation in preterm infants. The dynamic changes that characterize growth of infants born preterm from birth up to adulthood will also be addressed.
AB - Prevention of extra-uterine growth retardation is of extreme importance, as the achievement of adequate growth has been associated with a favorable neurodevelopmental outcome through childhood. In addition, as disturbances in growth that take place early in life may affect adult health, a full understanding of the growth trajectory of very-low-birth-weight infants is also advisable. This review will focus attention on the nutritional strategies proposed during hospital admission and after discharge in order to limit extra-uterine growth retardation in preterm infants. The dynamic changes that characterize growth of infants born preterm from birth up to adulthood will also be addressed.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2013.08.004
DO - 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2013.08.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 24045130
AN - SCOPUS:84885856503
SN - 0378-3782
VL - 89
JO - Early Human Development
JF - Early Human Development
IS - SUPPL2
ER -