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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Human growth patterns – an evolutionary and cross-species perspective

Human growth patterns are distinct due to evolutionary adaptations like bipedalism and a large brain, resulting in…

Andrew Prentice
Regulation of Healthy Growth in Young Humans

The regulation of heathy growth in young humans

Linda Adair
Critical and sensitive periods in child development

Critical and sensitive periods in child development

Ahmad Suryawan
Jose Saavedra at NNIW100

Sustainable diets: The intersection of human and planetary health, Jose Saavedra

Jose (Pepe) M. Saavedra
paula hallam at nniw100

Nutrition Challenges and opportunities when shifting to plant-based diets, Paula Hallam

Paula Hallam
Early Nutrition for Optimum Growth

Early Nutrition for Optimum Growth

Berthold Koletzko
NNI Workshop 100: Shaping the Future with Nutrition

100th Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop - Shaping the Future with Nutrition

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NNI Satellite Symposium Enteral Nutrition Proceedings ESPGHAN 2023

Gestational weight gain and adverse pregnancy outcome

Gestational weight gain and adverse pregnancy outcome

Sara De Carolis
Inositols, micronutrients, and glycaemia in preconception and pregnancy

Inositols, micronutrients, and glycaemia in preconception and pregnancy

Shiao-Yng Chan
Nutritional strategies involving omega-3 fatty acids to reduce the risk of poor pregnancy outcomes

Nutritional strategies involving omega-3 fatty acids to reduce the risk of poor pregnancy outcomes

Maria Makrides