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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preterm infants
Post-Discharge Nutrition in Preterm Infants: Balancing Growth and Long-Term Health

Post-Discharge Nutrition in Preterm Infants: Balancing Growth and Long-Term Health

Preterm infants need careful nutritional support post-discharge to promote healthy catch-up growth and support brain development. Their growth status at birth helps guide monitoring and feeding decisions, with weight, length, and head circumference tracked using clinical tools like the Fenton and WHO growth charts. Many infants, especially those with growth faltering, may benefit from fortified human milk, nutrient-dense feeds or preterm/post-discharge formulas to meet higher calorie and protein needs. Studies show that enriched and two-stage formulas with HMOs can safely support proportional

Mindful Microbes: The Interplay Between Environment, Gut Microbiome, Brain, and Behavior
Mindful Microbes: The Interplay Between Environment, Gut Microbiome, Brain, and Behavior

Mindful Microbes: The Interplay Between Environment, Gut Microbiome, Brain, and Behavior

Rebecca Knickmeyer
Exploring the Crosstalk: Nutrition, Microbiome, and Cardiometabolic Health
Exploring the Crosstalk: Nutrition, Microbiome, and Cardiometabolic Health

Exploring the Crosstalk: Nutrition, Microbiome, and Cardiometabolic Health

Noel Mueller
Vaccination (publications)
Vaccination

Vaccination

Olle Hernell
NNIW87 - Complementary feeding: Building the Foundations for Healthy Life (publications)
NNIW87 - Complementary feeding: Building the Foundations for Healthy Life

NNIW87 - Complementary feeding: Building the Foundations for Healthy Life

Co-Authored by 3 Experts
Nutrition and Development: Short- and Long-Term Consequences for Health Report of the British Nutrition Foundation Task Force (publications)
Nutrition and Development: Short- and Long-Term Consequences for Health Report of the British Nutrition Foundation Task Force

Nutrition and Development: Short- and Long-Term Consequences for Health Report of the British Nutrition Foundation Task Force

British Nutrition Foundation
Complementary Feeding in Developed Countries (publications)
Complementary Feeding in Developed Countries

Complementary Feeding in Developed Countries

Olle Hernell
Prevention of Allergic Diseases Through Early Nutrition (publications)
Prevention of Allergic Diseases Through Early Nutrition

Prevention of Allergic Diseases Through Early Nutrition

Co-Authored by 2 Experts
Foods Consumed at Lunch and Their Contribution to Energy and Nutrient Intakes in U.S. Children and Adolescents (publications)
Foods Consumed at Lunch and Their Contribution to Energy and Nutrient Intakes in U.S. Children and Adolescents

Foods Consumed at Lunch and Their Contribution to Energy and Nutrient Intakes in U.S. Children and Adolescents

Co-Authored by 3 Experts
Integrating Nutrition into Cancer Treatment (publications)
Integrating Nutrition into Cancer Treatment

Integrating Nutrition into Cancer Treatment

Bruno Raynard
Contribution of the Intestinal Microbiota to Human Health and Disease (publications)
Contribution of the Intestinal Microbiota to Human Health and Disease

Contribution of the Intestinal Microbiota to Human Health and Disease

Carlos Lifschitz