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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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

"Mindful Microbes: The Interplay Between Environment, Gut Microbiome, Brain, and Behavior" by Rebecca Knickmeyer, PhD…

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
Guiding the Growing Gut: Microbiome and the Digestive Development of Children
Guiding the Growing Gut: Microbiome and the Digestive Development of Children

Guiding the Growing Gut: Microbiome and the Digestive Development of Children

Omar Delannoy Bruno
Meeting the nutritional needs of preterm infants (infographics)
Meeting the nutritional needs of preterm infants

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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