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.
ASN 2018 - Samuel J. Fomon Award for Young Investigators
Which targeted nutritional approaches can bolster micro-preemies' brain development?
Risk factors involved in the early onset and severity of childhood obesity
Researchers find gut microbiome plays an important role in atherosclerosis
Prenatal vitamin D tied to lower risk of underweight babies and birth defects
Maternal vitamin D deficiency may cause cognitive and physical development impairment in newborns
Expert consensus finds that higher protein intake benefits adult bone health
Eating fish twice a week reduces heart, stroke risk
Early-life obesity impacts children's learning and memory, study suggests
Annales 76.1 - Hot Topics in Nutrition – 75 Years Later
Evidence-Based Medicine and Clinical Research: Both are Needed, Neither is Perfect
NNIW89 - Recent Research in Nutrition and Growth
Parental diet before conception affects child's health
Lack of vegetable choices in infant and toddler food is widespread
Lack of sleep leads to obesity in children and adolescents
Interview with Andrea Maier Noth: Early Flavor Exposure