Toddler Nutrition Academy

Toddlerhood represents striking changes in children’s development. It is a period of a time of rapid cognitive, social-emotional, and physical development. Changing nutritional needs accompany these developmental milestones and the toddler’s diet has an impact in establishing food preferences and healthy eating behaviors. These choices in a young child’s life may have lasting impacts on dietary patterns and body weight. The Toddler Nutrition Academy is dedicated to provide scientific information and resources on toddler’s nutrition, growth and development.

Articles

Shedding light on cow's milk in the first year of life

Long term human and economic impact of early child inadequate feeding

Children’s diets – the greatest determinant of global health

Jose (Pepe) M. Saavedra

The Nest 54: Inadequate feeding practices in childhood and long term impact

Infographics

Adequate Feeding Practices: Opportunities for Healthy Growth

Learning to Eat: How Food Preferences and Eating Habits are Formed Early in Life

Brain Development and Toddlers’ Diet: Is There a Link?

Iron Adequacy made easy with Iron-Fortified Infant Cereal

Videos

Gut bone axis: Clinical implications

Co-Authored by 3 Experts

How early gut microbiome development impacts infant and toddler health

Tommi Vatanen

Early Nutrition for Optimum Growth

Berthold Koletzko

Nutrition Challenges and opportunities when shifting to plant-based diets, Paula Hallam

Paula Hallam

Slides

A Healthy gut microbiota is build in childhood

Development of a Healthy Gut Microbiota begin in Childhood

Key Findings from Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) - US

Key Findings from Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) - Russia

Key Findings from Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) - Mexico

Podcasts

Carina Venter - Maternal diet and CF diversity on allergy prevention - Annales Nestlé - Episode 4

Russell Merritt - Plant based drinks in the diets of infants and young children - Annales Nestlé - Episode 2

Carla Cerami - Alternative meat in the diets of young children - Annales Nestlé - Episode 1

E-learning

A Healthy gut microbiota is built in childhood

What do we know about Toddlers' nutrition

Effect of Nutrition on Toddlers’ Overall Health and Growth

How Is Nutrition associated with Toddler's development

News

One in five UAE infants and toddlers at risk of becoming overweight, study finds

Children’s gut microbiota mature along similar trajectories, but at different speeds: Study

gut microbiota directly shapes human immune system

CHILD study highlights the role of infant gut microbiota and ethnicity in the development of food sensitisation

Lifestyle changes in pregnant women linked to epigenetic alterations in babies

Continuous Medical Education

Pediatric Nutrition in Practice: Child Growth - Module 1

E-Learning

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Effect of Nutrition on Toddlers’ Overall Health and Growth

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Pediatric Nutrition in Practice: Childhood Nutrition - Module 4

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How Is Nutrition associated with Toddlers

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Application of Dietary Modeling

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Feeding Infants and Toddler Study (FITS)

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