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Perinatal Growth and Nutrition (Hardcover)
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Perinatal Growth and Nutrition (Hardcover)
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Preterm infants grow poorly after birth and very commonly develop
ex utero growth restriction (EUGR). However, the risks and benefits
of catch-up growth in preterm infants must be weighed, and evidence
addressing this warrants examination. Perinatal Growth and
Nutrition explores the reasons for EUGR and the long-term effects
on developmental outcome and on metabolic risks. It provides clear
information on the risks and benefits of faster post-natal growth
and catch-up growth in preterm infants and offers tools for better
assessment of growth and earlier identification of faltering
growth. This book is divided into three sections. The first section
covers advances in preterm infant growth standards, diagnosis and
causes of EUGR, and assessments of preterm infant diets. The second
section considers the extensive human literature on the effects of
in utero and ex utero growth restriction and catch-up growth on
long-term metabolic outcomes-such as obesity, insulin resistance,
type 2 diabetes, and cardiac disease-and long-term
neurodevelopmental outcomes including cognition. It also examines
evidence for the effect of growth on these outcomes in term and
preterm infants. The final section of the book considers ways to
reduce the incidence of EUGR in preterm infants and when EUGR does
occur, to optimize catch-up growth. Topics include assessment of
dietary requirements of the diverse population of preterm infants,
examination of tools for prescribing nutrition to neonatal
intensive care unit patients, consideration of whether to customize
or generalize nutrient intake, and fortification of human milk. In
addition, the last chapter proposes using a Z-score growth chart
for improved interpretation of growth data.
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