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
Iron deficiency early in life can have long-lasting consequences for the brain (news)

Iron deficiency early in life can have long-lasting consequences for the brain

New link between gut bacteria and obesity (news)

New link between gut bacteria and obesity

Lifestyle interventions cut gestational weight gain (news)

Lifestyle interventions cut gestational weight gain

Descriptive phrases for how often food should be eaten helps preschoolers better understand healthy eating (news)

Descriptive phrases for how often food should be eaten helps preschoolers better understand healthy eating

Newest data shows childhood obesity continues to increase (news)

Newest data shows childhood obesity continues to increase

Growth and Immunity – Early Nutrition Influence

Growth and Immunity – Early Nutrition Influence

91st Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop: Nurturing a Healthy Generation of Children (events)

91st Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop: Nurturing a Healthy Generation of Children

Nutrition and Growth: Yearbook 2017 (publications)

Nutrition and Growth: Yearbook 2017