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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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
Quality of life in infants with functional gastrointestinal disorders: a large prospective observational study (videos)
Quality of life in infants with functional gastrointestinal disorders: a large prospective observational study

Quality of life in infants with functional gastrointestinal disorders: a large prospective observational study

Camille Jung
Influence on microbiome and necrotising enterocolitis - What is new? (videos)
Influence on microbiome and necrotising enterocolitis - What is new?

Influence on microbiome and necrotising enterocolitis - What is new?

Tim de Meij
HMO - Where do we go? (videos)
HMO - Where do we go?

HMO - Where do we go?

Olga Sakwinska
Lactobacillus reuteri for GOR and infantile colics - Where do we stand? (videos)
Lactobacillus reuteri for GOR and infantile colics - Where do we stand?

Lactobacillus reuteri for GOR and infantile colics - Where do we stand?

Flavia Indrio
FGID and the role of probiotics (videos)
FGID and the role of probiotics

FGID and the role of probiotics

Iva Hojsak
Nutrition and Cognition – What do we know in term infant? (videos)
Nutrition and Cognition – What do we know in term infant?

Nutrition and Cognition – What do we know in term infant?

Magnus Domellöf
What is the evidence that nutrition affects brain outcomes in high-risk infants? (videos)
What is the evidence that nutrition affects brain outcomes in high-risk infants?

What is the evidence that nutrition affects brain outcomes in high-risk infants?

Nicholas Embleton
The Pediatric Rome IV Criteria - What is new? (videos)
The Pediatric Rome IV Criteria - What is new?

The Pediatric Rome IV Criteria - What is new?

Ilan J. N. Koppen