title: Postnatal growth in preterm infants and later health outcomes: a systematic review.
abstract: In preterm infants, poor postnatal growth is associated with adverse neurocognitive outcomes; conversely, rapid postnatal growth is supposedly harmful for future development of metabolic diseases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this systematic review, observational studies reported consistent positive associations between postnatal weight or head growth and neurocognitive outcomes; however, there was limited evidence from the few intervention studies. Evidence linking postnatal weight gain to later adiposity and other cardiovascular disease risk factors in preterm infants was also limited.
authors.affiliation: MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Ken K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Ong
authors.affiliation: Institute of Child Health, UCL, London, UK.
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.affiliation: Nestlé Research Center, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Eurídice
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Castañeda-Gutiérrez
authors.affiliation: DSM-Martek Division, Dundee, UK.
authors.forename: Stewart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Forsyth
authors.affiliation: MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit and NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: Keith M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Godfrey
authors.affiliation: University of Munich, München, Germany.
authors.forename: Berthold
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Koletzko
authors.affiliation: Formerly ILSI Europe, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Marie E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Latulippe
authors.affiliation: Metabolic Research Laboratories, Institute of Metabolic Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Susan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Ozanne
authors.affiliation: Abbott Nutrition, Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rueda
authors.affiliation: Mead Johnson Pediatric Nutrition Institute, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Marieke H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Schoemaker
authors.affiliation: Nutricia Research, Danone Nutricia Early Life Nutrition, Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: Eline M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: van der Beek
authors.affiliation: University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Stef
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: van Buuren
authors.affiliation: Institute of Child Health, UCL, London, UK.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fewtrell
mesh_terms: D050154:Adiposity; D002657:Child Development; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000254:growth & development*; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Feeding; Growth velocity; Health; Postnatal; Preterm newborn