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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Annales 74.3 - Human Milk: Lessons from Recent Research (publications)
Feeding Practices in the Introduction of Complementary Feeding and Implications for Future Healthy Eating

Feeding Practices in the Introduction of Complementary Feeding and Implications for Future Healthy Eating

Complementary feeding period begins when human milk or formula alone can no longer meet an infant’s nutritional needs…

Annales 74.3 - Human Milk: Lessons from Recent Research (publications)
Biological and Experiential Factors That Impact the Acceptance of Complementary Foods

Biological and Experiential Factors That Impact the Acceptance of Complementary Foods

Annales 74.3 - Human Milk: Lessons from Recent Research (publications)
Prevention of Food Allergy: Harmonizing Perspectives from the East and West

Prevention of Food Allergy: Harmonizing Perspectives from the East and West

NNIW92 Expert Interview - Nutrition education to optimize growth for the first 1000 days (videos)
NNIW92 Expert Interview - Nutrition education to optimize growth for the first 1000 days

NNIW92 Expert Interview - Nutrition education to optimize growth for the first 1000 days

Maureen Black
NNIW92 Expert Interview - Feeding of Infant and Young Child, with Focus on Behavioral Aspects (videos)
NNIW92 Expert Interview - Feeding of Infant and Young Child, with Focus on Behavioral Aspects

NNIW92 Expert Interview - Feeding of Infant and Young Child, with Focus on Behavioral Aspects

Marion Heatherington
NNIW92 Expert Interview - Prenatal Nutrition Education (videos)
NNIW92 Expert Interview - Prenatal Nutrition Education

NNIW92 Expert Interview - Prenatal Nutrition Education

Anna Maria Siega-Riz
NNIW92 Expert Interview - Preconception Nutrition Education (videos)
NNIW92 Expert Interview - Preconception Nutrition Education

NNIW92 Expert Interview - Preconception Nutrition Education

Usha Ramakrishnan
Early infant feeding and long-term consequences (obesity)
Early infant feeding and long-term consequences (obesity)

Early infant feeding and long-term consequences (obesity)

6th International Conference on Nutrition & Growth (N&G 2019)
6th International Conference on Nutrition & Growth (N&G 2019)

6th International Conference on Nutrition & Growth (N&G 2019)

Researchers find gene that makes some infants susceptible to respiratory and gastrointestinal illness (news)
Researchers find gene that makes some infants susceptible to respiratory and gastrointestinal illness

Researchers find gene that makes some infants susceptible to respiratory and gastrointestinal illness

New research shows Fucosylated oligosaccharides in mother’s milk can alleviate effects of caesarean birth on infant gut microbiota (publications)
New research shows Fucosylated oligosaccharides in mother’s milk can alleviate effects of caesarean birth on infant gut microbiota

New research shows Fucosylated oligosaccharides in mother’s milk can alleviate effects of caesarean birth on infant gut microbiota