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
Nutrition of the SGA Neonate: What do we Know?
Nutrition of the SGA Neonate: What do we Know?

Nutrition of the SGA Neonate: What do we Know?

Ekhard E. Ziegler
Pediatric Intervention - What Works and What Doesn't Work (videos)
Pediatric Intervention - What Works and What Doesn't Work

Pediatric Intervention - What Works and What Doesn't Work

Hania Szajewska
Obesity Prevention in Children
Obesity Prevention in Children

Obesity Prevention in Children

Barbara J. Rolls
Supplements: Vitamin D Herbals, Substance Abuse
Supplements: Vitamin D Herbals, Substance Abuse

Supplements: Vitamin D Herbals, Substance Abuse

Jatinder Bhatia
Results with CF Using Local Food Ingredients
Results with CF Using Local Food Ingredients

Results with CF Using Local Food Ingredients

Tahmeed Ahmed
The Importance of Nutrition Throughout the Lifecycle (videos)
The Importance of Nutrition Throughout the Lifecycle

The Importance of Nutrition Throughout the Lifecycle

Andrew Prentice
The Development of Flavour Perception and Acceptance: The Roles of Nature and Nurture
The Development of Flavour Perception and Acceptance: The Roles of Nature and Nurture

The Development of Flavour Perception and Acceptance: The Roles of Nature and Nurture

Catherine Forestell
Complementary Foods: Appropriateness from a Nutritional and Safety Perspective
Complementary Foods: Appropriateness from a Nutritional and Safety Perspective

Complementary Foods: Appropriateness from a Nutritional and Safety Perspective

Raanan Shamir