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
Hydrolyzed Protein in Infants Feeding

Hydrolyzed Protein in Infants Feeding

Yvan Vandenplas
Opportunities for Interrupting Intergenerational Cycles of Obesity (videos)

Opportunities for Interrupting Intergenerational Cycles of Obesity

Early Nutritional Intervention Strategies for Primary Prevention: Findings and Consequences from GINI Study

Early Nutritional Intervention Strategies for Primary Prevention: Findings and Consequences from the GINI Study

Taste and Flavor Development (videos)

Taste and Flavor Development

Energy Metabolism in Long-Term Memory Formation and Enhancement
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Energy Metabolism in Long-Term Memory Formation and Enhancement

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The Management of Compromised Gut (SBS and high output fistulas)

Glutamine supplementation in neonates: is there a future?  (videos)

Glutamine supplementation in neonates: is there a future?

Josef Neu
Adolescent Health Globally: Issues and Challenges (videos)

Adolescent Health Globally: Issues and Challenges