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
Cross-Talk Between the Mucosal Immune System and Environmental Factors

Cross-Talk Between the Mucosal Immune System and Environmental Factors

Nutritional Management of Cow's Milk Protein Allergy

Nutritional Management of Cow's Milk Protein Allergy

Perinatal programming – impact of deficiency and excess (videos)

Perinatal programming – impact of deficiency and excess

Human Milk for Preterm and Fortification (videos)

Human Milk for Preterm and Fortification

Global Distribution and Disease Burden Related to Micronutrient Deficiencies (videos)

Global Distribution and Disease Burden Related to Micronutrient Deficiencies

Post-discharge nutrition of preterm infants: a complex intervention (videos)

Post-discharge nutrition of preterm infants: a complex intervention

Nicholas Embleton
Early Nutrition, Growth and Body Composition (videos)

Early Nutrition, Growth and Body Composition

Ferdinand Haschke
Allergy Prediction and Prevention: A MENA Perspective

Allergy Prediction and Prevention: A MENA Perspective