title: Feeding the premature infant in the 20th century.
abstract: This article reviews the historical development of feeding the premature infant in the 20th century. It describes the early work determining the energy requirements of the preterm infant, the evolution of the use of human milk and its fortification for these infants, the development of special formulas for very-low-birth-weight infants and the various techniques/methods utilized including total parenteral nutrition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53715, USA. eileen.kennedy@usda.gov
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Greer
mesh_terms: D001903:Bottle Feeding / Q000266:history*; D001942:Breast Feeding; D005526:Food, Formulated / Q000266:history; D005527:Food, Fortified / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007225:Infant Food / Q000266:history*; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total / Q000266:history*