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Human Milk Feeding and Preterm Infants’ Growth and Body Composition: A Literature Review

Preterm infants may show a higher risk of adverse health outcomes, such as the development of metabolic syndrome and cognitive impairment. The most recent evidence highlights that nutrition, body composition development, and early postnatal growth may play a role in the programming of these processe...

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Autores principales: Cerasani, Jacopo, Ceroni, Federica, De Cosmi, Valentina, Mazzocchi, Alessandra, Morniroli, Daniela, Roggero, Paola, Mosca, Fabio, Agostoni, Carlo, Giannì, Maria Lorella
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7230190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32326178
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12041155
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author Cerasani, Jacopo
Ceroni, Federica
De Cosmi, Valentina
Mazzocchi, Alessandra
Morniroli, Daniela
Roggero, Paola
Mosca, Fabio
Agostoni, Carlo
Giannì, Maria Lorella
author_facet Cerasani, Jacopo
Ceroni, Federica
De Cosmi, Valentina
Mazzocchi, Alessandra
Morniroli, Daniela
Roggero, Paola
Mosca, Fabio
Agostoni, Carlo
Giannì, Maria Lorella
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description Preterm infants may show a higher risk of adverse health outcomes, such as the development of metabolic syndrome and cognitive impairment. The most recent evidence highlights that nutrition, body composition development, and early postnatal growth may play a role in the programming of these processes. Human milk feeding has been recommended as the natural feeding for preterm infants and as a cost-effective strategy for reducing disease and economic burden. Considering that the postnatal growth retardation and aberrant body composition shown by preterm infants at the time of hospital discharge still remain important issues, we performed a literature review, aiming to provide an update about the effect of human milk feeding on these processes. On the basis of our findings, human milk feeding in preterm infants, although related to a slower weight gain than formula feeding, is associated with a better recovery of body composition through the promotion of fat-free mass deposition, which may ultimately lead to better metabolic and neurodevelopmental outcomes. Promotion and support of human milk feeding should be considered a priority in preterm infants’ care.
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spelling pubmed-72301902020-05-28 Human Milk Feeding and Preterm Infants’ Growth and Body Composition: A Literature Review Cerasani, Jacopo Ceroni, Federica De Cosmi, Valentina Mazzocchi, Alessandra Morniroli, Daniela Roggero, Paola Mosca, Fabio Agostoni, Carlo Giannì, Maria Lorella Nutrients Review Preterm infants may show a higher risk of adverse health outcomes, such as the development of metabolic syndrome and cognitive impairment. The most recent evidence highlights that nutrition, body composition development, and early postnatal growth may play a role in the programming of these processes. Human milk feeding has been recommended as the natural feeding for preterm infants and as a cost-effective strategy for reducing disease and economic burden. Considering that the postnatal growth retardation and aberrant body composition shown by preterm infants at the time of hospital discharge still remain important issues, we performed a literature review, aiming to provide an update about the effect of human milk feeding on these processes. On the basis of our findings, human milk feeding in preterm infants, although related to a slower weight gain than formula feeding, is associated with a better recovery of body composition through the promotion of fat-free mass deposition, which may ultimately lead to better metabolic and neurodevelopmental outcomes. Promotion and support of human milk feeding should be considered a priority in preterm infants’ care. MDPI 2020-04-21 /pmc/articles/PMC7230190/ /pubmed/32326178 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12041155 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Ceroni, Federica
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Mazzocchi, Alessandra
Morniroli, Daniela
Roggero, Paola
Mosca, Fabio
Agostoni, Carlo
Giannì, Maria Lorella
Human Milk Feeding and Preterm Infants’ Growth and Body Composition: A Literature Review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7230190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32326178
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12041155
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