Neonatology and pediatric medicine

Track 4: Child Nutrition and Development:

For a neonate, mother’s milk is the best nutrition which he can get. Hence, breastfeeding becomes an important part of the diet for the child’s proper growth. Mother’s milk has such nutrition which even the baby food fed as a supplement to mother’s milk cannot provide. Even still breastfeeding is recommended up to 6 months of age. After 6-24 months they must be fed with “complementary food” since after 6 months of age, the milk alone is not enough for the child. Malnutrition due to negligence to diet during this period of growth can be very difficult to reverse. The lack of complementary feeding is the major cause of high rates of under-nutrition in children under 5 years of age. By the age child reaches adolescence, their growth is still accelerated, and their caloric demands are higher than normal. For boys, the caloric needs are higher than that of girls of the same age due to metabolic differences.

Related Key Topics:

Pediatrics Conferences 2021 | Neonatology Conferences | Pediatric Healthcare Conferences | Global Pediatric Cardiology Conferences | Pediatric Nutrition Events | Clinical Pediatrics Conference | Pediatric Surgery Conference

Related Conference:

3rd World Pediatrics Conference, February 08-09, 2021 Webinar; 25th World Nutrition and Pediatrics Healthcare Conference, March 22-23, 2021 Paris, France; 29th International Conference on Clinical Pediatrics, April 12-13, 2021 London, UK; 31st International Conference on Pediatrics, Neonatology and Pediatric Nursing, May 10-11, 2021 Prague, Czech Republic; 3rd International Conference on Pediatrics, Neonatology and Healthcare, May 17-18, 2021 Prague, Czech Republic.