POGO – Preterm Patterns of Growth Outcomes study

The goal of this study is to better understand the dynamic of infant nutrition, growth, and health outcomes by adopting an integrative approach that incorporates nutritional and non-nutritional factors like clinical course, social, and environmental exposures. It is widely known that early nutritional intake and growth of very preterm babies in the NICU have a positive impact on their health and neurodevelopment; but little is known about how to optimally track this growth, and the role of nutrition and its efficacy. In fact, the current practice to assess the growth of premature babies only considers physical measures like weight and length, without taking into account other physical measures, their clinical journey, and sociodemographic experience both in the NICU and after discharge.