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
Risk Factors for Growth and Development: Maternal Obesity and Under-nutrition (videos)

Risk Factors for Growth and Development: Maternal Obesity and Under-nutrition

Ferdinand Haschke

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and the risk of overweight in Young Women

Country Level Action to Improve Nutrition and Health: A view from the Field

Country Level Action to Improve Nutrition and Health: A view from the Field

Protein, Longevity and Long-term Health: A ‘Developmental Origins’ Perspective (videos)

Protein, Longevity and Long-term Health: A ‘Developmental Origins’ Perspective

S. Prescott
Global Burden of Prematurity and Low Birth Weight

Global Burden of Prematurity and Low Birth Weight

Preventing Childhood Obesity

Preventing Childhood Obesity

Human Milk Fortifier: Can Improved Short Term Outcome Influence Long Term Health?

Human Milk Fortifier: Can Improved Short Term Outcome Influence Long Term Health?

Hans van Goudoever
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Metabolic Syndrome in Young Children: Definition and Results of the IDEFICS Study