Clinical Nutrition in Newborns and Children with Disabilities
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 June 2026 | Viewed by 15
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Interests: clinical nutrition; neonatal resuscitation; breastfeeding; brain development; mechanical ventilation; newborn metabolomics; necrotizing enterocolitis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Clinical nutrition is a cornerstone in the management of newborns and children with disabilities, profoundly influencing growth, neurocognitive development, and overall quality of life. Neurological, genetic, metabolic disorders, and complications associated with prematurity often compromise feeding skills, gastrointestinal motility, and energy balance. For these reasons, early and comprehensive nutritional assessment, together with tailored interventions, is essential to prevent malnutrition, overweight, and micronutrient deficiencies. The integration of accurate diagnostic methods with a multidisciplinary approach involving pediatricians, nutritionists, gastroenterologists, speech therapists, and physiotherapists enables the design of individualized care pathways. Innovative strategies, including home enteral nutrition, parenteral nutrition, and targeted supplementation, offer further opportunities to optimize clinical outcomes. At the same time, attention to psychosocial factors and structured family support are decisive in ensuring adherence to nutritional programs and continuity of care. This Special Issue, “Clinical Nutrition in Newborns and Children with Disabilities”, aims to explore these challenges and highlight emerging opportunities in clinical practice and research. Despite the limited existing literature, this area is gaining increasing attention and interdisciplinary involvement across neonatology, pediatrics, genetics, neurology, gastroenterology, pulmonology, endocrinology, and rehabilitation medicine. By promoting knowledge exchange and disseminating best practices, this Special Issue seeks to raise awareness of the pivotal role of nutrition in improving both short- and long-term outcomes in this highly vulnerable population.
Dr. Giuseppe De Bernardo
Prof. Dr. Maria Immacolata Spagnuolo
Guest Editors
Maurizio Giordano E-mail
Guest Editor Assistant
Affiliation: Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University, 80131 Naples, Italy
Interests: newborn metabolomic; clinical nutrition; breastfeeding; brain development; parenteral nutrition; enteral nutrition
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Keywords
- clinical nutrition
- essential nutrients
- critical micronutrients
- critical macronutrients
- disability
- newborns
- children
- malnutrition
- enteral nutrition
- parenteral nutrition
- parenchymal growth
- neurocognitive development
- multidisciplinary care
- quality of life
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