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

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Siddarth Ventakesh

Microbiome-targeted dietary regiments to combat pediatric malnutrition

Sid Venkatesh
Together for Better Care

Together for Better Care: A call for zero separation of parents and preterm babies

Silke Mader
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The Influence of FUT2 and FUT3 Polymorphisms and Nasopharyngeal Microbiome on Respiratory Infections in Breastfed Bangladeshi Infants from the Microbiota and Health Study

Aristea Binia
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Concentrations of oligosaccharides in human milk and child growth

Study argues iodine supplementation should start pre-pregnancy

Study argues iodine supplementation should start pre-pregnancy

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Update: Allergies and the intestinal microbiome

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Milk intake during childhood and adolescence, adult bone density, and osteoporotic fractures in US women

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Adolescents' perspectives on food literacy and its impact on their dietary behaviours

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Committee on Nutrition: Optimising bone health in children and adolescents

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