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
Meeting the nutritional needs of preterm infants (infographics)

Meeting the nutritional needs of preterm infants

Kids Who Go to Bed Late More Likely to Skip Breakfast and Eat More Junk Food (news)

Kids Who Go to Bed Late More Likely to Skip Breakfast and Eat More Junk Food

Low DHA and EPA a ‘strong risk factor’ for preterm birth: Danish data (news)

Low DHA and EPA a ‘strong risk factor’ for preterm birth: Danish data

HMO - Physiological significance: Why are they in mother's milk? (videos)

HMO - Physiological significance: Why are they in mother's milk?

What you eat while pregnant may affect your baby's gut (news)

What you eat while pregnant may affect your baby's gut

Vitamin D deficiency affects many pregnant women (news)

Vitamin D deficiency affects many pregnant women

New study finds plant protein, fiber, nuts lower cholesterol, improve blood pressure (news)

New study finds plant protein, fiber, nuts lower cholesterol, improve blood pressure

Foods combining fats and carbohydrates more rewarding than foods with just fats or carbs (news)

Foods combining fats and carbohydrates more rewarding than foods with just fats or carbs