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
Video Teaser: Clinical Studies: what is known and what needs further Studies? (videos)
Video Teaser: Clinical Studies: what is known and what needs further Studies?

Video Teaser: Clinical Studies: what is known and what needs further Studies?

Philippe Alliet
2’-Fucosyllactose is well tolerated in a partially hydrolysed Whey Protein Infant Formula with a Probiotic
2’-Fucosyllactose is well tolerated in a partially hydrolysed Whey Protein Infant Formula with a Probiotic

2’-Fucosyllactose is well tolerated in a partially hydrolysed Whey Protein Infant Formula with a Probiotic

Effects of Infant Formula with Human Milk Oligosaccharides on Growth and Morbidity: A Randomized Multicenter Trial
Effects of Infant Formula with Human Milk Oligosaccharides on Growth and Morbidity: A Randomized Multicenter Trial

Effects of Infant Formula with Human Milk Oligosaccharides on Growth and Morbidity: A Randomized Multicenter Trial

Evidence-based Medicine and HMOs: Where are we now? Where are we going? (videos)
Evidence-based Medicine and HMOs: Where are we now? Where are we going?

Evidence-based Medicine and HMOs: Where are we now? Where are we going?

Hania Szajewska
Nutrition for Brain Development (videos)
Nutrition for Brain Development

Nutrition for Brain Development

Ryan Carvalho
Science on protein, metabolic programming and long-term health (videos)
Science on protein, metabolic programming and long-term health

Science on protein, metabolic programming and long-term health

Yvan Vandenplas
Babies fed Infant Formula with 2’FL had immune Biomarkers more like breastfed Babies (publications)
Babies fed Infant Formula with 2’FL had immune Biomarkers more like breastfed Babies

Babies fed Infant Formula with 2’FL had immune Biomarkers more like breastfed Babies

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Benefits of two Human Milk Oligosaccharides, 2’Fucosyllactose and Lacto-N-Neotetraose in Infant Nutrition (publications)
Benefits of two Human Milk Oligosaccharides, 2’Fucosyllactose and Lacto-N-Neotetraose in Infant Nutrition

Benefits of two Human Milk Oligosaccharides, 2’Fucosyllactose and Lacto-N-Neotetraose in Infant Nutrition

Co-Authored by 3 Experts