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
Human Milk: Bioactive Proteins/Peptides and Immunological Properties (videos)

Human Milk: Bioactive Proteins/Peptides and Immunological Properties

The CoMiSS as a Predictor for the Diagnosis of Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy (videos)

The CoMiSS as a Predictor for the Diagnosis of Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy

Yvan Vandenplas
Nutrition, Growth and the Developing Brain

Nutrition, Growth and the Developing Brain

Maureen Black
Nutritional Challenges and Feeding Strategies in Paediatric ICU

Nutritional Challenges and Feeding Strategies in Paediatric ICU

The Global Childhood Obesity Pandemic

The Global Childhood Obesity Pandemic

Ferdinand Haschke
Pre Pro and Antibiotics - Role of IBD

Pre Pro and Antibiotics - Role of IBD

Learnings from the Finnish Allergy Programme - Emphasis on prevention of food allergies and endorsing tolerance

Learnings from the Finnish Allergy Programme - Emphasis on prevention of food allergies and endorsing tolerance

Protein and allergy prevention GINI 15 years results (videos)

Protein and allergy prevention GINI 15 years results