Nutrition for preterm and growth retarded infants: developing country concerns.
The problems of feeding preterm and low birth weight infants are discussed. Physiological requirements are considered, together with the ways in which these can be met in developed and developing countries. Although human milk may not always be considered best for preterm infants in developed countries it is concluded that in underprivileged areas of the Third World it is life saving.
D000818:Animals; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D001903:Bottle Feeding; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002020:Buffaloes; D002417:Cattle; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007774:Lactation; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000378:metabolism; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total; D011247:Pregnancy