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
Is Protein Supply in Infancy Linked to Childhood Obesity? (videos)

Is Protein Supply in Infancy Linked to Childhood Obesity?

Development, Epigenetics & Metabolic Programming
 (videos)

Development, Epigenetics & Metabolic Programming

Keith Godfrey
Obesity, Pre-diabetes and Diabetes in Adolecents and Women
 (videos)

Obesity, Pre-diabetes and Diabetes in Adolecents and Women

Protein Requirement in Preterm Infants: Short- and Long-term Outcome

Protein Requirement in Preterm Infants: Short- and Long-term Outcome

Hans van Goudoever
Food Allergies: Current Status of Nutritional Strategies for Prevention and Therapy

Food Allergies: Current Status of Nutritional Strategies for Prevention and Therapy

Basics of Complementary Feeding

Basics of Complementary Feeding

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Human Milk Fortification

Breast Feeding - Experiences of Rural African Women

Breast Feeding - Experiences of Rural African Women