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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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 optimized 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

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
Human Milk for Preterm and Fortification (videos)
Human Milk for Preterm and Fortification

Human Milk for Preterm and Fortification

Jatinder Bhatia
Perinatal programming – impact of deficiency and excess (videos)
Perinatal programming – impact of deficiency and excess

Perinatal programming – impact of deficiency and excess

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

Global Distribution and Disease Burden Related to Micronutrient Deficiencies

Robert E. Black
Post-discharge nutrition of preterm infants: a complex intervention (videos)
Post-discharge nutrition of preterm infants: a complex intervention

Post-discharge nutrition of preterm infants: a complex intervention

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

Early Nutrition, Growth and Body Composition

Ferdinand Haschke
Allergy Prediction and Prevention: A MENA Perspective
Allergy Prediction and Prevention: A MENA Perspective

Allergy Prediction and Prevention: A MENA Perspective

Robin Green
Growth of SGA infants: fat or fat free mass – first study results (videos)
Growth of SGA infants: fat or fat free mass – first study results

Growth of SGA infants: fat or fat free mass – first study results

Irina Belyaeva
Impact of Nutrients on the Immune System and Intestinal Physiology
Impact of Nutrients on the Immune System and Intestinal Physiology

Impact of Nutrients on the Immune System and Intestinal Physiology

J. Rodrigo Mora