Zeitschrift für Neonatalbiologie

Abstrakt

Editorial on newborn nutrition and maternal factors

Sakinala Sowmya

Health and development depend on a healthy diet during the neonatal period. The needs of all infants include adequate intake of a balanced diet containing proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals. Premature infants have similar nutritional needs but require more frequent assessment of nutritional health and continuous adjustment of food intake throughout the neonatal period to ensure adequate growth and development. Evidence-based nursing practice requires an update of the specific nutritional needs of infants, the special nutritional needs of preterm infants and the latest