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
Lactose intolerance and gastrointestinal cow’s milk allergy in infants and children – common misconceptions revisited (publications)

Lactose intolerance and gastrointestinal cow’s milk allergy in infants and children – common misconceptions revisited

Philippines: Government Policies on Nutrition Education (videos)

Philippines: Government Policies on Nutrition Education

Food and Nutrition Education, Policy and Training Roy Ballam in UK Schools (videos)

Food and Nutrition Education, Policy and Training Roy Ballam in UK Schools

Multi-level Opportunities to Improve Nutrition Education in Childcare Settings (videos)

Multi-level Opportunities to Improve Nutrition Education in Childcare Settings

Nutrition education and implementation of the Nurturing Care Framework (videos)

Nutrition education and implementation of the Nurturing Care Framework

Maureen Black
Feeding of Infant and Young Child, with Focus on Behavioral Aspects (videos)

Feeding of Infant and Young Child, with Focus on Behavioral Aspects

French Fries Are No. 1 Vegetable Consumed by Toddlers, Finds Landmark Study

French Fries Are No. 1 Vegetable Consumed by Toddlers, Finds Landmark Study

Growth and Immunity – Early Nutrition Influence (publications)

Growth and Immunity – Early Nutrition Influence

Co-Authored by 9 Experts