Recent Developments in Perinatal-Preterm and Term-Neonatal Nutrition—Physiology, New Hypothesis and Interventions

Dear Colleagues,

There is an increasing body of evidence suggesting that pre-, peri- and postnatal nutrition during the first 1000 days (from conception to two years of age) significantly affects long-term development and neurodevelopmental outcome. In addition, the patients’ survival, especially in the most immature preterm infants, significantly improved during the recent decades. On the other hand, there is still significant postnatal malnutrition and growth failure.

For this upcoming Nutrients Special Issue, it is our pleasure to invite researchers to contribute papers that explore recent developments in fetal, perinatal, preterm, and term-neonatal nutrition or feeding focusing on physiology, new hypothesis, and interventions to improve care and outcome.

Prof. Dr. Walter A. Mihatsch
Dr. Miguel Saenz de Pipaon
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Nutrients is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.