Growth & Development

Early life events, including nutrition, play a powerful role in programming a person’s development, metabolism and health for the future. This section covers all aspects of the importance of maternal nutrition in the first 1000 days including nutrition in pregnancy, epigenetics, metabolic programming, breastfeeding, growth & cognitive development and a lot more.

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N&G 2025 Booklet
N&G 2025 - Symposium Abstract Brochure

N&G 2025 - Symposium Abstract Brochure

In the NNI and WNSC symposium at the 12th International Conference on Nutrition and Growth, global experts discussed how nutrition during the critical toddler years builds a strong foundation for future health. The talks mainly tackled complementary feeding (CF) and the emphasis on the right timing to maximize health outcomes such as prevention of allergy and obesity, as well as the complex process of learning to eat, emphasizing the importance of food taste and texture acceptance in shaping future eating behaviors, and the impact of specific nutrients on brain maturation and myelination

Ciaran Forde VOD
Learning to Eat: Early life texture experience in the development of eating behaviors and dietary patterns

Learning to Eat: Early life texture experience in the development of eating behaviors and dietary patterns

Ciarán Forde >5 minutes
Jonas Hauser VOD
Toddler nutrition and brain development

Toddler nutrition and brain development

Jonas Hauser >5 minutes
Impact of gut microbiome on child musculoskeletal health and development
Impact of gut microbiome on child musculoskeletal health and development

Impact of gut microbiome on child musculoskeletal health and development

Nicolas Bonnet >5 minutes
Future-ready: The importance of nutrition during adolescence
Future-ready: The importance of nutrition during adolescence

Future-ready: The importance of nutrition during adolescence

Hema Divakar >5 minutes
Fetal growth & its impacts on long-term health
Fetal growth & its impacts on long-term health

Fetal growth & its impacts on long-term health

Keith Godfrey >5 minutes
Early-life growth and later cardio-metabolic health
Early-life growth and later cardio-metabolic health

Early-life growth and later cardio-metabolic health

Vincent Jaddoe >5 minutes
Breastfeeding and Later Risk of Obesity and NCDs
Breastfeeding and Later Risk of Obesity and NCDs – how strong is the evidence?

Breastfeeding and Later Risk of Obesity and NCDs – how strong is the evidence?

Oraporn Dumrongwongsiri >5 minutes
Berthold Koletzko 102 Lecture
Feeding in Infancy and Early Childhood: Preventive Opportunities

Feeding in Infancy and Early Childhood: Preventive Opportunities

Berthold Koletzko >5 minutes
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Adequate Feeding Practices: Opportunities for Healthy Growth

Adequate Feeding Practices: Opportunities for Healthy Growth

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

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