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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View details Adolescents' perspectives on food literacy and its impact on their dietary behaviours
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Adolescents' perspectives on food literacy and its impact on their dietary behaviours

Co-Authored by 4 Experts

View details Committee on Nutrition: Optimising bone health in children and adolescents
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Committee on Nutrition: Optimising bone health in children and adolescents

Co-Authored by 2 Experts

View details Physical activity, diet and other behavioural interventions for improving cognition and school achievement in children and adolescents with obesity or overweight
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Physical activity, diet and other behavioural interventions for improving cognition and school achievement in children and adolescents with obesity or overweight

Anne Martin

View details Nutrients for executive function development and related brain connectivity in school-aged children
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Nutrients for executive function development and related brain connectivity in school-aged children

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View details Physical Activity, Fitness, Cognitive Function, and Academic Achievement in Children: A Systematic Review
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Physical Activity, Fitness, Cognitive Function, and Academic Achievement in Children: A Systematic Review

Joseph E. Donnelly

View details Dietary calcium and zinc deficiency risks are decreasing but remain prevalent
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Dietary calcium and zinc deficiency risks are decreasing but remain prevalent

Diriba B. Kumssa

View details Adolescent Undernutrition: Global Burden, Physiology, and Nutritional Risks
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Adolescent Undernutrition: Global Burden, Physiology, and Nutritional Risks

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View details Global and regional trends in the nutritional status of young people: a critical and neglected age group
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Global and regional trends in the nutritional status of young people: a critical and neglected age group

Nadia Akseer

View details Primary Prevention of Food Allergy in Infants
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Primary Prevention of Food Allergy in Infants

Lee Bee Wah

View details Altering the Allergenicity of Protein for Oral Tolerance Induction
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Altering the Allergenicity of Protein for Oral Tolerance Induction

Carine Blanchard

View details Dietary Interventions for Allergy Prevention
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Dietary Interventions for Allergy Prevention

Sibylle Koletzko

View details Dietary Interventions for Allergy Prevention
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Dietary Interventions for Allergy Prevention

Sibylle Koletzko

View details Nurturing the Early Life Gut Microbiome and Immune Maturation for Long Term Health
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Nurturing the Early Life Gut Microbiome and Immune Maturation for Long Term Health

Co-Authored by 6 Experts

View details Study questions maternal Vit D link to learning disorders
Study questions maternal Vit D link to learning disorders
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Study questions maternal Vit D link to learning disorders

View details Higher fruit and veg intake linked to better mental health in secondary schoolchildren
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Higher fruit and veg intake linked to better mental health in secondary schoolchildren

View details Breast milk components and their health functions: the science so far
Breast milk components and their health functions the science so far
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Breast milk components and their health functions: the science so far