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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Fenton growth chart for boys
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
The Role of Optimized Plant Protein in the Treatment of Acute Malnutrition (videos)
The Role of Optimized Plant Protein in the Treatment of Acute Malnutrition

The Role of Optimized Plant Protein in the Treatment of Acute Malnutrition

Mark Manary
Vegan diet in young children (videos)
Vegan diet in young children

Vegan diet in young children

Pascal Müller
Lifecourse evolution of vit B12 deficiency in Indians, lessons for other populations (videos)
Lifecourse evolution of vit B12 deficiency in Indians, lessons for other populations

Lifecourse evolution of vit B12 deficiency in Indians, lessons for other populations

Chittaranjan S. Yajnik Yajnik
Role of milk and dairy products in growth of the child (videos)
Role of milk and dairy products in growth of the child

Role of milk and dairy products in growth of the child

Kim F. Michaelsen
Human Milk as the First Source of Nutrients (videos)
Human Milk as the First Source of Nutrients

Human Milk as the First Source of Nutrients

Lindsay H. Allen
Balancing safety and potential for impact in micronutrient interventions (videos)
Balancing safety and potential for impact in micronutrient interventions

Balancing safety and potential for impact in micronutrient interventions

Sant-Rayn Pasricha
Improving children’s diet: approach and progress (videos)
Improving children’s diet: approach and progress

Improving children’s diet: approach and progress

Usha Ramakrishnan
A summary of When does it all begin: What, when and how young children are fed (videos)
A summary of When does it all begin: What, when and how young children are fed

A summary of When does it all begin: What, when and how young children are fed

Usha Ramakrishnan