Neonatal Nutrition

Dear Colleagues,

The field of neonatal nutrition is becoming increasingly complex as the clinical benefits of optimal nutrition become clearer and potential therapeutic options for early nutritional intervention increase. The problem of postnatal growth failure in very preterm infants suggests that there is still much to improve in the field of neonatal nutrition. However, nutrition has a much broader scope than simply monitoring a growth trajectory. The role of early nutrition in growth, neurodevelopment and long-term health is well recognised. More recent evidence indicates individual nutritional components affect postnatal metabolic adaption, inflammatory pathways and the developing immune system. This has the potential to influence the short-term recovery of the sick and/or preterm neonate as well as longer-term clinical needs. The transition from parenteral to enteral feeding creates many clinical controversies as does the challenge of providing mothers’ own milk or choosing an alternative when none is available. I invite authors to submit papers considering neonatal nutrition in its widest sense.

Dr. Colin Morgan
Guest Editor

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