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
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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? (videos)
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
Prevention of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders in Early Infancy with Probiotics Supplementation
Prevention of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders in Early Infancy with Probiotics Supplementation

Prevention of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders in Early Infancy with Probiotics Supplementation

Flavia Indrio
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Platforms for Delivery of Adolescent Friendly Health Care

Platforms for Delivery of Adolescent Friendly Health Care

Susan M. Sawyer
The Microbiome and the Mind
The Microbiome and the Mind

The Microbiome and the Mind

Kirsten Tillisch