Roelants JA, et al. - Over a decade ago, clinical implementation of aggressive parenteral nutritional practices was in fashion in order to prevent early growth retardation in preterm infants. In a population of very preterm infants, researchers studied adherence to current nutritional recommendations and assessed growth in early life. Findings demonstrated that only energy intake up to day 5 was lower than recommended. In most of the infants, growth targets were achieved but only when evaluated from dip onward, not from birth.