Complementary Feeding in Preterm Infants: Where Do We Stand?

Maria Elisabetta Baldassarre; Maria Lorella Giannì; Antonio Di Mauro; Fabio Mosca; Nicola Laforgia

doi:10.3390/nu12051259

Complementary Feeding in Preterm Infants: Where Do We Stand?

Nutrients. 2020 Apr 29;12(5):1259. doi: 10.3390/nu12051259.

Authors

Maria Elisabetta Baldassarre¹, Maria Lorella Giannì^{2

3}, Antonio Di Mauro¹, Fabio Mosca^{2

3

4}, Nicola Laforgia¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, Section of Neonatology and NICU, University "Aldo Moro", 70100 Bari, Italy.
² Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, NICU, Via Commenda 12, 20122 Milan, Italy.
³ Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Via Commenda 19, 20122 Milan, Italy.
⁴ Italian Society of Neonatology, Corso Venezia 8, 20121 Milan, Italy.

Abstract

Currently, about 15 million preterm births occur annually worldwide; over 500,000 in Europe and 32,000 in Italy, accounting for 7-11% of total births, with the highest incidence in low-income states [...].

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Eating / physiology*
Humans
Infant Food*
Infant Health*
Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / physiology*
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature / growth & development*
Infant, Premature / metabolism*
Weaning