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
Co-existence of Over and Under-Nutrition: Is the Landscape Changing?

Co-existence of Over and Under-Nutrition: Is the Landscape Changing?

Guidelines for Allergy Prevention

Guidelines for Allergy Prevention

Yvan Vandenplas
The case of iron: Supplementation vs. Fortification

The case of iron: Supplementation vs. Fortification

Early Life Nutritional Determinants of Allergic Diseases and Other Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs)

Early Life Nutritional Determinants of Allergic Diseases and Other Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs)

S. Prescott
Health economic modelling: Burden of micronutrient deficiencies and impact of fortified foods

Health economic modelling: Burden of micronutrient deficiencies and impact of fortified foods

Early Nutrition and Long Term Health (videos)

Early Nutrition and Long Term Health

Jose M. Saavedra
Results with CF Using Local Food Ingredients

How Does Adequate Complementary Feeding Contribute to Growth and Health

Ferdinand Haschke
Fecal Transplant to Mine for Novel Probiotics

Fecal Transplant to Mine for Novel Probiotics