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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The Relationship Between Nutrition, Brain, Cognition, Learning, and Behavior in School-Age Children: Systematic Evidence and Future Opportunities

The Relationship Between Nutrition, Brain, Cognition, Learning, and Behavior in School-Age Children: Systematic Evidence and Future Opportunities

School age (5–18 years) is a pivotal window for brain and cognitive development, yet nutrition‐related brain and…

Diandra Brkić
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The Importance of Breakfast in School-Aged Children

The Importance of Breakfast in School-Aged Children

Helena Gibson‐Moore
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Nourishing Transformative Changes as Children Grow

Nourishing Transformative Changes as Children Grow

Andrew Prentice
Safe Sleep
Safe Sleep

Safe Sleep

Jatinder Bhatia
The Gut Metagenome - Your Other Genome
The Gut Metagenome - Your Other Genome

The Gut Metagenome - Your Other Genome

Jun Wang
Associations Between Maternal Obesity and Risk of Offspring Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disease
Associations Between Maternal Obesity and Risk of Offspring Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disease

Associations Between Maternal Obesity and Risk of Offspring Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disease

Lucilla Poston
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Metabolic Syndrome (epidemiology, definitions, causes, risk factors and treatment options)

Metabolic Syndrome (epidemiology, definitions, causes, risk factors and treatment options)

Anoop Misra
IBD Genetics, Innate and Adaptive Immunity
IBD Genetics, Innate and Adaptive Immunity

IBD Genetics, Innate and Adaptive Immunity

Ken Croitoru
Molecular Understanding of Host Microbiota Interplay in the Gut and its Role in Glucose Metabolism - Impact of Infant Microbiota?
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Molecular Understanding of Host Microbiota Interplay in the Gut and its Role in Glucose Metabolism - Impact of Infant Microbiota?

Molecular Understanding of Host Microbiota Interplay in the Gut and its Role in Glucose Metabolism - Impact of Infant Microbiota?

Fredrik Bäckhed
The Programming Power of Complementary Foods (videos)
The Programming Power of Complementary Foods

The Programming Power of Complementary Foods

Ferdinand Haschke
Bioinformatics: Novel Insights from Genomic Information
Bioinformatics: Novel Insights from Genomic Information

Bioinformatics: Novel Insights from Genomic Information

Robert Hancock