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
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

American toddlers consume too much added sugar (news)
American toddlers consume too much added sugar

American toddlers consume too much added sugar

Study links vitamin A levels to infant growth (news)
Study links vitamin A levels to infant growth

Study links vitamin A levels to infant growth

NNIW91 - Nurturing a Healthy Generation of Children: Research Gaps and Opportunities
NNIW91 - Nurturing a Healthy Generation of Children: Research Gaps and Opportunities

NNIW91 - Nurturing a Healthy Generation of Children: Research Gaps and Opportunities

Co-Authored by 3 Experts
NNIW91 - Nurturing a Healthy Generation of Children: Research Gaps and Opportunities (publications)
NNIW91 - Nurturing a Healthy Generation of Children: Research Gaps and Opportunities

NNIW91 - Nurturing a Healthy Generation of Children: Research Gaps and Opportunities

Co-Authored by 4 Experts
ASN 2018 - Samuel J. Fomon Award for Young Investigators (news)
ASN 2018 - Samuel J. Fomon Award for Young Investigators

ASN 2018 - Samuel J. Fomon Award for Young Investigators

Which targeted nutritional approaches can bolster micro-preemies' brain development? (news)
Which targeted nutritional approaches can bolster micro-preemies' brain development?

Which targeted nutritional approaches can bolster micro-preemies' brain development?

Risk factors involved in the early onset and severity of childhood obesity (news)
Risk factors involved in the early onset and severity of childhood obesity

Risk factors involved in the early onset and severity of childhood obesity