Nutritional Interventions of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Newborns

Dear Colleagues,

Nutrients is planning a Special Issue focusing on Nutritional interventions for prevention or treatment of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). NEC remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants with mortality rates remaining around 30%. While there are no current targeted treatments for NEC, recent advances in the field have made it clear that what an infant ingests can impact the risk of developing NEC. This Special Issue aims to bring together the latest research on the role of nutrition and nutritional supplements in preventing or impacting NEC. Specifically, this Special Issue will focus on the role of breast milk, donor breast milk, the various components in milk, and oral supplements that have been demonstrated to protect against NEC and other inflammatory diseases, as well as the impacts of nutrition or oral supplements on the microbiome and/or on the inflammatory response of the host. This issue seeks to provide a comprehensive composite of the advances in nutritional strategies that can modulate or prevent NEC.

Dr. Steven McElroy
Guest Editor

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