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.
The regulation of heathy growth in young humans
Critical and sensitive periods in child development
Nourishing healthy brain growth and development in young children
Global and secular trends in patterns of child growth
Examining the role of environmental exposures on child growth and development
Impact of gut microbiome on child musculoskeletal health and development
Future-ready: The importance of nutrition during adolescence
Fetal growth & its impacts on long-term health
Early-life growth and later cardio-metabolic health
Breastfeeding and Later Risk of Obesity and NCDs – how strong is the evidence?
Feeding in Infancy and Early Childhood: Preventive Opportunities
Adequate Feeding Practices: Opportunities for Healthy Growth
The Nest 54: Inadequate feeding practices in childhood and long term impact
Feeding children with GI impairment ESPGHAN 2024
Microbiome-targeted dietary regiments to combat pediatric malnutrition