Three-Year Growth and Developmental Follow-Up of Very Low Birth Weight Infants Fed Own Motherʼs Milk, A Premature Infant Formula, or One of Two Standard Formulas

The Effects of the Introduction of a High-Nutrient Transitional Formula on Growth and Development of Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants

“…They found that the infants fed premature formula had greater length and head circumference than the infants fed SF. Cooper et al 16 reported greater weight, length, and head circumference measurements at 5 weeks in infants <1000 g birth weight fed premature formula.…”

“…Several authors 15,16 have reported short-term beneficial effects of using premature infant formula after discharge. Wheeler and Hall 15 conducted a randomized, double-blind study comparing standard 20 kcal/oz infant formula to 20 kcal/oz premature infant formula for 8 to 12 weeks postdischarge in a sample of 42 infants <1800 g birth weight.…”

Post-discharge formula feeding in preterm infants: A systematic review mapping evidence about the role of macronutrient enrichment

“…Of the 31 included studies, eight investigated effects of isocaloric but nutrient enriched STF (67 e 68 kcal/100 ml) [6,9,10,14,22,23,29,60,66]; Thirteen studies investigated effects of energynutrient enriched PDF (selection range 70 e 80 kcal/100 ml, in fact all studies used energy densities between 72 and 75 kcal/ 100 ml) [7,8,11,13,26,31,32,40,45e47,51,58,59,61,63,67], and six studies investigated effects of PTF continued after hospital discharge (selection range 80 e 90 kcal/100 ml) ( [3,12,18e21,38,53,54], Fig. 1, Supplementary Table 1).…”

Interneonatal Intensive Care Unit Variation in Growth Rates and Feeding Practices in Healthy Moderately Premature Infants

“…Early nutrition and growth are vital contributors to long-term developmental outcome [1][2][3][4] and are particularly important for prematurely born infants who miss some of the rapid growth normally occurring in the third trimester. However, in utero growth rates of 15-20 g/k/d, the goal set forth by the American Academy of Pediatrics, 5 are rarely achieved after preterm birth.…”