Milk for small infants

• Published in: Acta Paediatrica Vol. 96; no. 4; pp. 596 - 599
• Main Authors: Funkquist, E-L, Tuvemo, T, Jonsson, B, Serenius, F, Nyqvist, KH
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-04-2007; Blackwell
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Enteral Nutrition - methods; General aspects; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Small for Gestational Age - growth & development; Medical sciences; MEDICIN; MEDICINE; Metabolic diseases; Milk, Human; Miscellaneous; Nutrition Policy; Proactive nutrition policy; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Retrospective Studies; Small-for-gestational age; Sweden; Time Factors; Weight Gain; Weight Loss; Sweden; Human; Pediatrics; Intrauterine growth retardation; Small; Pregnancy disorders; Nutrition; Weight loss; Infant; Proactive nutrition policy; Feeding; Fetal diseases; Health policy; Diet; Small-for-gestational age; Public health; Milk; Newborn; Small for Gestational Age/growth & development
• ISSN: 0803-5253; 1651-2227; 1651-2227
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00222.x

This study investigated weight patterns of infants born SGA, in relation to two different feeding regimens during hospital stay. We compared 21 SGA infants prescribed 200 mL/kg milk on day 2, with 21 infants, prescribed 170 mL/kg on day 9. The infants fed according to the proactive nutrition policy tolerated large volumes of milk and showed lower weight loss.
Conclusion: A proactive nutrition policy demonstrably reduces weight loss in SGA infants.