%0 Journal Article
%T Postnatal growth in preterm infants and later health outcomes: a systematic review.
%A Ong KK
%A Kennedy K
%A Castañeda-Gutiérrez E
%A Forsyth S
%A Godfrey KM
%A Koletzko B
%A Latulippe ME
%A Ozanne SE
%A Rueda R
%A Schoemaker MH
%A van der Beek EM
%A van Buuren S
%A Fewtrell M
%J Acta Paediatr
%V 104
%N 10
%D Oct 2015
%M 26179961
%F 4.056
%R 10.1111/apa.13128
%X In preterm infants, poor postnatal growth is associated with adverse neurocognitive outcomes; conversely, rapid postnatal growth is supposedly harmful for future development of metabolic diseases.<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>In this systematic review, observational studies reported consistent positive associations between postnatal weight or head growth and neurocognitive outcomes; however, there was limited evidence from the few intervention studies. Evidence linking postnatal weight gain to later adiposity and other cardiovascular disease risk factors in preterm infants was also limited.