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

Adolescent Health Globally: Issues and Challenges

George C. Patton
Responsive Feeding: Strategies to Promote Healthy Mealtime Interactions
Responsive Feeding: Strategies to Promote Healthy Mealtime Interactions

Responsive Feeding: Strategies to Promote Healthy Mealtime Interactions

Maureen Black
Prevention of atopic dermatitis by early nutritional intervention: a long-term view
Prevention of atopic dermatitis by early nutritional intervention: a long-term view

Prevention of atopic dermatitis by early nutritional intervention: a long-term view

Sibylle Koletzko
The Changing Nutritional Needs of Infants and the Composition of Breast milk (infographics)
The Changing Nutritional Needs of Infants and the Composition of Breast milk

The Changing Nutritional Needs of Infants and the Composition of Breast milk

NNI Research Fellowship (news)
NNI Research Fellowship

NNI Research Fellowship

Omega-3, omega-6 supplement improves reading for children (news)
Omega-3, omega-6 supplement improves reading for children

Omega-3, omega-6 supplement improves reading for children

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Gut bacteria imbalance increases diabetes risk

Gut bacteria imbalance increases diabetes risk

The 12 Advances in Pediatric Nutrition Conference (events)
The 12 Advances in Pediatric Nutrition Conference

The 12 Advances in Pediatric Nutrition Conference