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
Baby-led weaning or spoon feeding? The difference it makes to children's eating habits is actually very small

Baby-led weaning or spoon feeding? The difference it makes to children's eating habits is actually very small

Faster weight gain in infancy predicts higher blood pressure in early childhood (news)

Faster weight gain in infancy predicts higher blood pressure in early childhood

HMOs in maternal and prenatal applications? Study uncovers presence in amniotic fluid (news)

HMOs in maternal and prenatal applications? Study uncovers presence in amniotic fluid

'Loss of the Mediterranean diet': Children in Southern Europe more at risk of severe obesity, WHO finds (news)

'Loss of the Mediterranean diet': Children in Southern Europe more at risk of severe obesity, WHO finds

Maternal gestational diabetes linked to diabetes in children (news)

Maternal gestational diabetes linked to diabetes in children

Early lipids boost brain growth for vulnerable micro-preemies

Early lipids boost brain growth for vulnerable micro-preemies

Screen time plus snacking a risk for metabolic disorder in teens (news)

Screen time plus snacking a risk for metabolic disorder in teens

Maternal Diet During Pregnancy May Modulate the Risk of ADHD Symptoms in Children (news)

Maternal Diet During Pregnancy May Modulate the Risk of ADHD Symptoms in Children