Neonatal Nutrition Predicts Energy Balance in Young Adults Born Preterm at Very Low Birth Weight.

ABSTRACT: Epidemiological studies and animal models suggest that early postnatal nutrition and growth can influence adult health. However, few human studies have objective recordings of early nutrient intake. We studied whether nutrient intake and growth during the first 9 weeks after preterm birth with very low birth weight (VLBW, <1500 g) predict total energy intake, resting energy expenditure (REE), physical activity and food preferences in young adulthood. We collected daily nutritional intakes and weights during the initial hospital stay from hospital records for 127 unimpaired VLBW participants. At an average age 22.5 years, they completed a three-day food record and a physical activity questionnaire and underwent measurements of body composition (dual X-ray absorptiometry; n = 115 with adequa

SUBMITTER: Matinolli HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5748733 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature