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
Tackling Nutrient Inadequacy in Toddlers and Preschool Children (videos)

Tackling Nutrient Inadequacy in Toddlers and Preschool Children

Tsz-Ning Mak
HMOs levels in breast milk seem to have little influence in infant growth and body composition over the first 4 months of lactation (news)

HMOs levels in breast milk seem to have little influence in infant growth and body composition over the first 4 months of lactation

New Findings on HMO Research

New Findings on HMO Research

New research shows the importance of consuming enough vitamin B12 in pregnancy (news)

New research shows the importance of consuming enough vitamin B12 in pregnancy

Video Teaser: Taste development, Perception and Food preference in Young Children (videos)

Video Teaser: Taste development, Perception and Food preference in Young Children

Catherine Forestell
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Video Teaser - Taste development, Perception and Food preference in Young Children

Catherine Forestell
Key Findings from Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) - US

Key Findings from Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) - US

Key Findings from Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) - Russia

Key Findings from Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) - Russia