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
Tackling nutrient inadequacy in toddlers and preschool children. (videos)
Tackling nutrient inadequacy in toddlers and preschool children.

Tackling nutrient inadequacy in toddlers and preschool children.

Tsz-Ning Mak
Nutrition and growth Yearbook 2020 (publications)
Nutrition and growth Yearbook 2020

Nutrition and growth Yearbook 2020

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NNIW95: Importance of Providing Opportunities for Health Behaviors during the School Day (videos)
NNIW95: Importance of Providing Opportunities for Health Behaviors during the School Day

NNIW95: Importance of Providing Opportunities for Health Behaviors during the School Day

Darla Castelli
NNIW95: Importance of Motor Skills Development (videos)
NNIW95: Importance of Motor Skills Development

NNIW95: Importance of Motor Skills Development

Karen Adolph
NNIW95: Nutrition effects on Brain and Cognition in Children (videos)
NNIW95: Nutrition effects on Brain and Cognition in Children

NNIW95: Nutrition effects on Brain and Cognition in Children

Naiman Khan
NNIW95: Physical Activity, Brain and Cognition (videos)
NNIW95: Physical Activity, Brain and Cognition

NNIW95: Physical Activity, Brain and Cognition

Charles Hillman
NNIW95: Dietary Sugars, as sour as they are made out to be? (videos)
NNIW95: Dietary Sugars, as sour as they are made out to be?

NNIW95: Dietary Sugars, as sour as they are made out to be?

Dennis Bier
NNIW95: Micronutrients needs for children 1-3 years of age (videos)
NNIW95: Micronutrients needs for children 1-3 years of age

NNIW95: Micronutrients needs for children 1-3 years of age

Steven Abrams