High protein diet benefits preemies' brains

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New Zealand, Canadian and Chinese researchers say their study of 99 children born very preterm found that 57 of them who were given a higher protein diet early in life had more mature brains at age seven than those on lower protein diets. The results suggest that higher protein intake promotes brain maturation in a way that is still observable at seven years old, and contribute to the ongoing evaluation of optimal nutrition for very preterm bubs, they say.

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Organisation/s: University of Auckland, University of Waterloo, Canada

Funder: Funding for this research was provided by the Health Research Council of New Zealand, Gravida: National Centre for Growth and Development, and the University of Auckland and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

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