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
Nutrient intakes of infants and toddlers from maternal and child care centres in urban areas of China, based on one 24-hour dietary recall. (publications)

Nutrient intakes of infants and toddlers from maternal and child care centres in urban areas of China, based on one 24-hour dietary recall.

Study shows children drinking age-appropriate milk have higher micronutrient intake (publications)

Study shows children drinking age-appropriate milk have higher micronutrient intake

Vitamin D During Pregnancy May Benefit Children’s Bones (news)

Vitamin D During Pregnancy May Benefit Children’s Bones

Content of HMO 2FL in breast milk is associated with higher cognitive development scores at 2 years (news)

Content of HMO 2FL in breast milk is associated with higher cognitive development scores at 2 years

Less active infants had greater fat accumulation (news)

Less active infants had greater fat accumulation

Let babies be in charge of how much they eat – it could help them stay a healthy weight (news)

Let babies be in charge of how much they eat – it could help them stay a healthy weight

Launching the AAP Pediatric Nutrition 8th Edition (news)

Launching the AAP Pediatric Nutrition 8th Edition

Preemies face higher risk of diabetes as children and young adults (news)

Preemies face higher risk of diabetes as children and young adults