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
Protein Requirements of Term Infants - Quantity and Quality (videos)

Protein Requirements of Term Infants - Quantity and Quality

Ferdinand Haschke
Expanding DietaryGuidelines to Guidelines for Healthy Growth: A paradigm shift

Expanding DietaryGuidelines to Guidelines for Healthy Growth: A paradigm shift

Jose M. Saavedra
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Nutrition in the ICU setting

Iron for the Brain

Iron for the Brain

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Adolescent Health & Nutrition in Canada and US: Issues and Determinants

Microbiota Modification in Early Life. Where are we in 2015?

Microbiota Modification in Early Life. Where are we in 2015?

Hania Szajewska
Shaping the Brain Early in Life: Nutrition and/or Environment?

Shaping the Brain Early in Life: Nutrition and/or Environment?

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Perinatal Programming - Myths, Fact, and Future of Research