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

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Gut bone axis: Clinical implications

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Siddarth Ventakesh

Microbiome-targeted dietary regiments to combat pediatric malnutrition

Sid Venkatesh
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Physical activity, diet and other behavioural interventions for improving cognition and school achievement in children and adolescents with obesity or overweight

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Nutrients for executive function development and related brain connectivity in school-aged children

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Physical Activity, Fitness, Cognitive Function, and Academic Achievement in Children: A Systematic Review

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Dietary calcium and zinc deficiency risks are decreasing but remain prevalent

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Adolescent Undernutrition: Global Burden, Physiology, and Nutritional Risks

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Global and regional trends in the nutritional status of young people: a critical and neglected age group

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Primary Prevention of Food Allergy in Infants

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Altering the Allergenicity of Protein for Oral Tolerance Induction