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
Total Usual Nutrient Intakes of US Children (Under 48 Months): Findings from the Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) 2016

Total Usual Nutrient Intakes of US Children (Under 48 Months): Findings from the Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) 2016

Co-Authored by 7 Experts
Longer pregnancies & bigger babies: RCT supports omega-3s birth weight benefits for babies (news)

Longer pregnancies & bigger babies: RCT supports omega-3s birth weight benefits for babies

How does diet during pregnancy impact allergies in offspring? (news)

How does diet during pregnancy impact allergies in offspring?

Feed the need: Toddlers’ nutrition often low on vitamins, minerals, but high on sugar and salt (news)

Feed the need: Toddlers’ nutrition often low on vitamins, minerals, but high on sugar and salt

Early Nutrition Influence – Preventive and Therapeutic Aspects (publications)

Early Nutrition Influence – Preventive and Therapeutic Aspects

NNIW92 Expert Interview - Integrating Nutrition Education into Clinical Practice (videos)

NNIW92 Expert Interview - Integrating Nutrition Education into Clinical Practice

NNIW92 Expert Interview - Culinary Medicine Basics and Applications in Medical Education in the USA (videos)

NNIW92 Expert Interview - Culinary Medicine Basics and Applications in Medical Education in the USA

NNIW92 Expert Interview - The NNEdPro Global Centre for Nutrition and Health (videos)

NNIW92 Expert Interview - The NNEdPro Global Centre for Nutrition and Health