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Acknowledgments This work is a publication of the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas. The work was supported in part by federal funds…
Key points 1. The neonatal period is a highly dynamic period of gastrointestinal growth and functional development, and physiological changes during the fetal-neonatal period facilitate the transition from placental nutrient assimilation to oral ingestion via the gastrointestinal tract. 2. The…