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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Nutrition in the ICU setting

Nutrition in the ICU setting

Robert G. Martindale
Iron for the Brain
Iron for the Brain

Iron for the Brain

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

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

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

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

Joseph Haddad
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Perinatal Programming - Myths, Fact, and Future of Research

Perinatal Programming - Myths, Fact, and Future of Research

Jörg Dötsch
Individualized Nutrition of Preterm: What are the Challenges?

Individualized Nutrition of Preterm: What are the Challenges?

Thibault Senterre
Diet,the Gut Microbiome and the Metabolome of IBD
Diet,the Gut Microbiome and the Metabolome of IBD

Diet,the Gut Microbiome and the Metabolome of IBD

Gary D. Wu