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  1. Postnatal growth patterns and growth faltering in preterm infants

    Article • Pediatria Polska, October 2026, Termedia Sp. z.o.o.

    Tanis Fenton

  2. Expert recommendations for preterm neonates’ growth goals: Considerations for clinicians

    Article • Seminars in Perinatology, April 2026, Elsevier

    Tanis Fenton

  3. International survey on enteral nutrition, supplementation and probiotic practices for preterm infants

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, February 2026, BMJ

    Tanis Fenton

  4. Response to: Birth weight and head circumference for 22–29 weeks gestation neonates from an international cohort

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, August 2025, BMJ

    Tanis Fenton

  5. Short- and longer-term growth and development of fat mass in preterm infants

    Article • Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, July 2025, Elsevier

    Tanis Fenton

  6. Fenton Third‐Generation Growth Charts of Preterm Infants Without Abnormal Fetal Growth: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

    Article • Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, June 2025, Wiley

    Tanis Fenton

  7. Association of Neonatal Morbidities and Postnatal Growth Faltering in Preterm Neonates

    Article • Healthcare, January 2025, MDPI AG

    Tanis Fenton

  8. Preterm growth assessment: the latest findings on age correction

    Article • Perinatal Journal, January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  9. Birth weight and head circumference for 22–29 weeks gestation neonates from an international cohort

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, January 2025, BMJ

    Tanis Fenton

  10. What Is Normal Growth? Principles, Practicalities and Pitfalls of Growth Assessments in Infants and Children

    Article • Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, November 2024, Karger Publishers

    Tanis Fenton

  11. Role of the neonatal registered dietitian nutritionist in Canada: A description of staffing and a comparison to practices in the United States

    Article • Nutrition in Clinical Practice, July 2024, Wiley

    Tanis Fenton

  12. Expected and Desirable Preterm and Small Infant Growth Patterns

    Article • Advances in Nutrition, June 2024, Elsevier

    Tanis Fenton

  13. Growth patterns by birth size of preterm children born at 24–29 gestational weeks for the first 3 years

    Article • Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, May 2024, Wiley

    Tanis Fenton

  14. US neonatal intensive care unit registered dietitian nutritionists salary description and correlates: results of a survey

    Article • Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, May 2024, Wiley

    Tanis Fenton

  15. Does the evidence support in utero influences on later health and disease? A systematic review of highly cited Barker studies on developmental origins

    Article • Perinatal Journal, February 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  16. Hindmilk as a Rescue Therapy in Very Preterm Infants with Suboptimal Growth Velocity

    Article • Nutrients, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Tanis Fenton

  17. Small for date preterm infants and risk of higher blood pressure in later life: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

    Article • Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, January 2023, Wiley

    Tanis Fenton

  18. Breastfeeding self‐efficacy predicts breastmilk feeding in preterm infants at discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit

    Article • Nursing Open, December 2022, Wiley

    Tanis Fenton

  19. 5.1 Growth Standards

    Article • January 2022, Karger Publishers

    Tanis Fenton

  20. Nutrición, crecimiento y resultados clínicos a largo plazo

    Article • January 2022, Karger Publishers

    Tanis Fenton

  21. Very Low Birthweight Preterm Infants: A 2020 Evidence Analysis Center Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guideline

    Article • Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, January 2022, Elsevier

    Tanis Fenton

  22. Effect of Enteral Protein Amount on Growth and Health Outcomes in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Preterm Infants: Phase II of the Pre-B Project and an Evidence Analysis Center Systematic Review

    Article • Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, November 2021, Elsevier

    Tanis Fenton

  23. The prevalence of feeding difficulties and potential risk factors in pediatric intestinal failure: Time to consider promoting oral feeds?

    Article • Clinical Nutrition, October 2021, Elsevier

    Tanis Fenton

  24. Critical examination of relationships between early growth and childhood overweight in extremely preterm infants

    Article • Perinatal Journal, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  25. From clinical guidelines to practice: The nutrition elements for enhancing recovery after colorectal surgery

    Article • Nutrition in Clinical Practice, August 2021, Wiley

    Tanis Fenton

  26. Effect of enteral zinc supplementation on growth and neurodevelopment of preterm infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Perinatal Journal, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  27. Are small-for-gestational-age preterm infants at increased risk of overweight? Statistical pitfalls in overadjusting for body size measures

    Article • Perinatal Journal, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  28. Older frail prehabilitated patients who cannot attain a 400 m 6-min walking distance before colorectal surgery suffer more postoperative complications

    Article • European Journal of Surgical Oncology, April 2021, Elsevier

    Tanis Fenton

  29. Third-Variable Effects: Tools to Understand Who, When, Why, and How Patients Benefit From Surgical Prehabilitation

    Article • Journal of Surgical Research, February 2021, Elsevier

    Tanis Fenton

  30. Nutrition, Growth and Long-Term Outcomes

    Article • January 2021, Karger Publishers

    Tanis Fenton

  31. Weight, length, and head circumference at 36 weeks are not predictive of later cognitive impairment in very preterm infants

    Article • Perinatal Journal, October 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  32. A holistic approach to infant growth assessment considers clinical, social and genetic factors rather than an assessment of weight at a set timepoint

    Article • Perinatal Journal, August 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  33. Nutrition interventions in populations with mental health conditions: a scoping review

    Article • Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism, July 2020, Canadian Science Publishing

    Tanis Fenton

  34. Higher versus lower protein intake in formula-fed low birth weight infants

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, June 2020, Wiley

    Tanis Fenton

  35. “Extrauterine growth restriction” and “postnatal growth failure” are misnomers for preterm infants

    Article • Perinatal Journal, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  36. Carnitine Profile Changes in Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: New Role for Carnitine?

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, February 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Tanis Fenton

  37. Validity and reliability of the Arabic version of Muller’s prenatal attachment inventory

    Article • Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, January 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Tanis Fenton

  38. A single gestational weight gain recommendation is possible for all classes of pregnant women with obesity

    Article • Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, January 2020, Elsevier

    Tanis Fenton

  39. Vitamin D supplementation to improve pregnancy and perinatal outcomes: an overview of 42 systematic reviews

    Article • BMJ Open, January 2020, BMJ

    Tanis Fenton

  40. More precise prevalence of overweight and obesity

    Article • Pediatric Obesity, November 2019, Wiley

    Tanis Fenton

  41. Trimodal prehabilitation for colorectal surgery attenuates post-surgical losses in lean body mass: A pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials

    Article • Clinical Nutrition, June 2019, Elsevier

    Tanis Fenton

  42. Nutrition Assessment, Exposures, and Interventions for Very-Low-Birth-Weight Preterm Infants: An Evidence Analysis Center Scoping Review

    Article • Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, February 2019, Elsevier

    Tanis Fenton

  43. Accuracy of preterm infant weight gain velocity calculations vary depending on method used and infant age at time of measurement

    Article • Pediatric Research, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  44. Hypophosphatemia is Prevalent among Preterm Infants Less than 1,500 Grams

    Article • American Journal of Perinatology, January 2019, Thieme Publishing Group

    Tanis Fenton

  45. Effects of Nutritional Prehabilitation, With and Without Exercise, on Outcomes of Patients Who Undergo Colorectal Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Article • Gastroenterology, August 2018, Elsevier

    Tanis Fenton

  46. Time interval for preterm infant weight gain velocity calculation precision

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, July 2018, BMJ

    Tanis Fenton

  47. Olive Oil and Soybean Oil Based Intravenous Lipid Emulsions, Liver Biochemistry and Clinical Outcomes

    Article • Nutrients, May 2018, MDPI AG

    Tanis Fenton

  48. An Attempt to Standardize the Calculation of Growth Velocity of Preterm Infants—Evaluation of Practical Bedside Methods

    Article • The Journal of Pediatrics, May 2018, Elsevier

    Tanis Fenton

  49. Individualized Postnatal Growth Trajectories for Preterm Infants

    Article • Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, February 2018, Wiley

    Tanis Fenton

  50. Immunoglobulin A and Protein Content of Low‐Fat Human Milk Prepared for the Treatment of Chylothorax

    Article • Nutrition in Clinical Practice, December 2017, Wiley

    Tanis Fenton

  51. Plant-based diets do not prevent most chronic diseases

    Article • Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, October 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Tanis Fenton

  52. Personalized diet and exercise recommendations in early rheumatoid arthritis: A feasibility trial

    Article • Musculoskeletal Care, October 2017, Wiley

    Caitlin Creaser, Tanis Fenton

  53. Energy and sports drinks in children and adolescents

    Article • Paediatrics & Child Health, October 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Tanis Fenton

  54. Letter by Fenton and Bellman Regarding Article, “Sugar- and Artificially Sweetened Beverages and the Risks of Incident Stroke and Dementia: A Prospective Cohort Study”

    Article • Stroke, September 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Tanis Fenton

  55. Protein intakes are associated with reduced length of stay: a comparison between Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) and conventional care after electivecolorectal surgery

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, July 2017, Elsevier

    Tanis Fenton

  56. Evaluation of Dietitian Counselling Access Revealed Reduced Pediatrician-Reported Hospital Admissions and Increased Parental Knowledge and Confidence

    Article • Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research, June 2017, Dietitians of Canada

    Tanis Fenton

  57. Body composition at birth and its relationship with neonatal anthropometric ratios: the newborn body composition study of the INTERGROWTH-21st project

    Article • Pediatric Research, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  58. Preterm Infant Growth Velocity Calculations: A Systematic Review

    Article • PEDIATRICS, March 2017, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

    Tanis Fenton

  59. Further Evidence of No Association between Dietary Acid Load and Disease

    Article • Journal of Nutrition, February 2017, Elsevier

    Tanis Fenton

  60. Predictors of knowledge and practice of exclusive breastfeeding among health workers in Mwanza city, northwest Tanzania

    Article • BMC Nursing, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  61. Paleo diet still lacks evidence

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, September 2016, Elsevier

    Tanis Fenton

  62. Systematic review of the association between dietary acid load, alkaline water and cancer

    Article • BMJ Open, June 2016, BMJ

    Tanis Fenton

  63. Department of Error

    Article • The Lancet, March 2016, Elsevier

    Tanis Fenton

  64. Physiological adjustment to postnatal growth trajectories in healthy preterm infants

    Article • Pediatric Research, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  65. Evidence does not support the alkaline diet

    Article • Osteoporosis International, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  66. INTERGROWTH-21st very preterm size at birth reference charts

    Article • The Lancet, February 2016, Elsevier

    Tanis Fenton

  67. Working group reports: evaluation of the evidence to support practice guidelines for nutritional care of preterm infants—the Pre-B Project1–4

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, January 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Tanis Fenton

  68. Dietary carbohydrate restriction: Compelling theory for further research

    Article • Nutrition, January 2016, Elsevier

    Tanis Fenton

  69. Adequate Vitamin D Intake but Low Serum Levels in Pediatric Asthma Patients: A Pilot Study, Alberta Children’s Hospital

    Article • Canadian Respiratory Journal, January 2016, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Tanis Fenton

  70. Age of introduction of first complementary feeding for infants: a systematic review

    Article • BMC Pediatrics, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  71. A novel method to identify fat malabsorption: The Serum Retinyl Palmitate Test

    Article • Clinica Chimica Acta, January 2015, Elsevier

    Tanis Fenton

  72. Comment on “Modulation of Metabolic Detoxification Pathways Using Foods and Food-Derived Components: A Scientific Review with Clinical Application”

    Article • Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, January 2015, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Tanis Fenton

  73. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the nutrient content of preterm and term breast milk

    Article • BMC Pediatrics, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  74. Growth Charts for Preterm Infants and Related Tools for Growth Monitoring

    Article • May 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Tanis Fenton

  75. Higher versus lower protein intake in formula-fed low birth weight infants

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, April 2014, Wiley

    Tanis Fenton

  76. Is intrauterine growth appropriate to monitor postnatal growth of preterm neonates?

    Article • BMC Pediatrics, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  77. Comment on Low FODMAP Diet

    Article • Nutrition in Clinical Practice, November 2013, Wiley

    Tanis Fenton

  78. Evaluation of Fat Separation and Removal Methods to Prepare Low‐Fat Breast Milk for Fat‐Intolerant Neonates With Chylothorax

    Article • Nutrition in Clinical Practice, August 2013, Wiley

    Tanis Fenton

  79. Breastfeeding Difficulties and Exclusivity Among Late Preterm and Term Infants: Results From the All Our Babies Study

    Article • Can J Public Health, July 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  80. Validating the weight gain of preterm infants between the reference growth curve of the fetus and the term infant

    Article • BMC Pediatrics, June 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  81. A systematic review and meta-analysis to revise the Fenton growth chart for preterm infants

    Article • BMC Pediatrics, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  82. Using probiotics in the paediatric population

    Article • Paediatrics & Child Health, December 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Tanis Fenton

  83. A Cohort Study of Nutrition Practices in the Intensive Care Unit Following Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

    Article • Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, October 2012, Wiley

    Tanis Fenton

  84. The ‘picky eater’: The toddler or preschooler who does not eat

    Article • Paediatrics & Child Health, October 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Tanis Fenton

  85. The toddler who is falling off the growth chart

    Article • Paediatrics & Child Health, October 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Tanis Fenton

  86. Food Insecurity in Canadian Adults: Receiving Diabetes Care

    Article • Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research, September 2012, Dietitians of Canada

    Tanis Fenton

  87. An exploratory study of sodium, potassium, and fluid nutrition status of tube-fed nonambulatory children with severe cerebral palsy

    Article • Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism, August 2012, Canadian Science Publishing

    Tanis Fenton

  88. Acceptability of a Program for Parenting Young, Overweight Children

    Article • ICAN Infant Child & Adolescent Nutrition, February 2012, SAGE Publications

    Tanis Fenton

  89. Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency and Response to Oral Vitamin D Supplementation in Patients Receiving Home Parenteral Nutrition

    Article • Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, January 2012, Wiley

    Tanis Fenton

  90. Milk and Acid-Base Balance: Proposed Hypothesis versus Scientific Evidence

    Article • Journal of the American College of Nutrition, October 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Tanis Fenton

  91. Cord blood calcium, phosphate, magnesium, and alkaline phosphatase gestational age-specific reference intervals for preterm infants

    Article • BMC Pediatrics, August 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  92. Nutrition science mustn't accept a lower level of evidence

    Article • Nutrition Reviews, July 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Tanis Fenton

  93. Implementing the Nutrition Screening Tool For Every Preschooler (NutriSTEP®): In Community Health Centres

    Article • Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research, July 2011, Dietitians of Canada

    Tanis Fenton

  94. Causal assessment of dietary acid load and bone disease: a systematic review & meta-analysis applying Hill's epidemiologic criteria for causality

    Article • Nutrition Journal, April 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  95. Preschool Nutrition Risk in Calgary

    Article • Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research, March 2011, Dietitians of Canada

    Tanis Fenton

  96. Trans fats: What physicians should know

    Article • Paediatrics & Child Health, July 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Tanis Fenton

  97. Low urine pH and acid excretion do not predict bone fractures or the loss of bone mineral density: a prospective cohort study

    Article • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, May 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  98. Parenteral Nutrition-Associated Hyperglycemia in Noncritically Ill Inpatients Is Associated with Higher Mortality

    Article • Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, January 2010, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Tanis Fenton

  99. <i>Promoting Optimal Monitoring of Child Growth in Canada:</i> Using the New WHO Growth Charts

    Article • Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research, January 2010, Dietitians of Canada

    Tanis Fenton

  100. Meta-Analysis of the Effect of the Acid-Ash Hypothesis of Osteoporosis on Calcium Balance

    Article • Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, November 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Tanis Fenton

  101. Phosphate decreases urine calcium and increases calcium balance: A meta-analysis of the osteoporosis acid-ash diet hypothesis

    Article • Nutrition Journal, September 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  102. Colorectal Surgery Patients Prefer Simple Solid Foods to Clear Fluids as the First Postoperative Meal

    Article • Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, September 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Tanis Fenton

  103. Low 5-year stability of within-patient ion excretion and urine pH in fasting-morning-urine specimens

    Article • Nutrition Research, May 2009, Elsevier

    Tanis Fenton

  104. Reply to HM Macdonald et al

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, March 2009, Elsevier

    Tanis Fenton

  105. Meta-analysis of the quantity of calcium excretion associated with the net acid excretion of the modern diet under the acid-ash diet hypothesis

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, October 2008, Elsevier

    Tanis Fenton

  106. Using the LMS method to calculate z-scores for the Fenton preterm infant growth chart

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, February 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  107. Does Amount of Protein in Formula Matter for Low‐Birthweight Infants? A Cochrane Systematic Review

    Article • Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, November 2006, Wiley

    Tanis Fenton

  108. Higher versus lower protein intake in formula-fed low birth weight infants

    Article • January 2006, Wiley

    Tanis Fenton

  109. Calcium, Dairy Products, and Bone Health in Children and Young Adults: An Inaccurate Conclusion

    Article • PEDIATRICS, January 2006, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

    Tanis Fenton

  110. A new growth chart for preterm babies: Babson and Benda's chart updated with recent data and a new format

    Article • BMC Pediatrics, December 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  111. Routine Handling of Milk Fed to Preterm Infants Can Significantly Increase Osmolality

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, September 2002, Wiley

    Tanis Fenton

  112. BREAST MILK SUPPLEMENTATION FOR PRETERM INFANTS: PARENTAL PREFERENCES AND POSTDISCHARGE LACTATION DURATION

    Article • American Journal of Perinatology, January 2000, Thieme Publishing Group

    Tanis Fenton

  113. Comparison of Tolerance, Parental Attitudes and Duration of Breast Feeding with Powdered Versus Liquid Breast Milk Enrichment Products for Very Low Birth Weight Infants

    Article • Pediatric Research, April 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  114. Osmolality of Breast Milk Enriched with Added Formula Powders

    Article • Pediatric Research, April 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tanis Fenton

  115. To the Editor

    Article • Nutrition in Clinical Practice, April 1998, Wiley

    Tanis Fenton

  116. Serum Triglycerides of Breast Milk‐Fed Very‐Low‐Birth‐Weight Infants

    Article • Nutrition in Clinical Practice, February 1997, Wiley

    Tanis Fenton

  117. Term and Preterm Infants

    Article • Karger Publishers

    Dr Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Tanis Fenton