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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Feeding children with gastrointestinal impairment

Feeding children with GI impairment ESPGHAN 2024

Children with gastrointestinal impairments, including those with neurological diseases, congenital heart disease, short bowel syndrome, neuromuscular disorders, and cancer, often face significant nutritional challenges. Addressing these challenges requires careful consideration of nutritional strategies and enteral formula selection to ensure optimal health outcomes for these vulnerable patient populations. In this NNI Symposium at ESPGHAN 2024, experts Prof. Claudio Romano, Prof. Antonella Diamant, and Dr. Graeme O’Connor, detail these conditions, risks for malnutrition, and the various

Flavia Indrio NNIW101

Gut bone axis: Clinical implications

Co-Authored by 3 Experts
Siddarth Ventakesh

Microbiome-targeted dietary regiments to combat pediatric malnutrition

Sid Venkatesh
Asthma in Childhood (publications)

Asthma in Childhood

NNIW48 - Public Health Issues in Infant and Child Nutrition (publications)

NNIW48 - Public Health Issues in Infant and Child Nutrition

NNIW68 - Early Nutrition: Impact on Short- and Long-Term Health (publications)

NNIW68 - Early Nutrition: Impact on Short- and Long-Term Health

Co-Authored by 3 Experts
HIV and Nutrition (publications)

HIV and Nutrition

Study shows young children in urban China have low intake of essential nutrient (publications)

Study shows young children in urban China have low intake of essential nutrient

The Nest 34: Setting a Healthy Start with Adequate, Appropriate and Safe Feeding Pattern (publications)

The Nest 34: Setting a Healthy Start with Adequate, Appropriate and Safe Feeding Pattern

NNIW61 - The Window of Opportunity: Pre-Pregnancy to 24 Months of Age (publications)

NNIW61 - The Window of Opportunity: Pre-Pregnancy to 24 Months of Age

The Nest 19: Growth / Nutrition / Allergy (publications)

The Nest 19: Growth / Nutrition / Allergy

Co-Authored by 7 Experts