Early, aggressive nutrition is an important contributing factor of long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes. To ensure optimal growth in premature infants, adequate protein intake and optimal protein/energy ratio should be emphasized rather than the overall energy intake. Minimal enteral nutrition should be initiated as soon as possible in the first days of life, and feeding advancement should be ...

Child deaths due to the insidious malnutrition epidemic are a seminal challenge to human security in low and middle-income countries. In addition to hunger interfering with human potential, poor nutritional status leads to long-term health inequalities and disabling conditions. Reducing child mortality is one of the Millennium Developmental Goals, and one of the primordial processes to achieve ...

Food and nutrition insecurity continues to pose a serious global challenge, reflecting government shortcomings in meeting international obligations to ensure the availability, accessibility, and quality of food and to ensure the highest attainable standard of health of their peoples. With global drivers like climate change, urbanization, greater armed conflict, and the globalization of unhealth...