Chapman, Jonathan A.
Frey, Andrew M.
Dueñas, Maria Emilia
Palmer, Jeremy M.
Masi, Andrea C.
Embleton, Nicholas D.
Trost, Matthias
Berrington, Janet E.
Stewart, Christopher J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Wellcome Trust (215542/Z/19/Z)
Wellcome Trust (221745/Z/20/Z)
Newcastle University
Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine
Article History
Received: 15 May 2025
Accepted: 7 January 2026
First Online: 2 February 2026
Competing interests
: N.D.E. and J.E.B. declare research funding paid to their institution from Prolacta Biosciences, NeoKare UK and Danone Early Life Nutrition for grants between 2016-2022. N.D.E. declares lecture honoraria from Nestle Nutrition Institute and Abbot nutrition and declares providing consultancy advice to legal firms involved in class action for infants developing NEC; all honoraria and consultancy fees were donated to charity. C.J.S. declares lecture honoraria from Nestlé Nutrition Institute. The remaining authors declare no conflicts.