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
New study suggests health benefits of swapping animal proteins for plant proteins (news)

New study suggests health benefits of swapping animal proteins for plant proteins

Mediterranean diet may help protect older adults from becoming frail (news)

Mediterranean diet may help protect older adults from becoming frail

Learning to make healthy choices can counter the effects of large portions (news)

Learning to make healthy choices can counter the effects of large portions

Eating more foods with choline during pregnancy could boost baby’s brain (news)

Eating more foods with choline during pregnancy could boost baby’s brain

Annales 75.3 - Meeting the Iron Needs of Young Children (publications)

Annales 75.3 - Meeting the Iron Needs of Young Children

Andrew Prentice
Interview with Alan Lucas: Breast Feeding and Health – a Biological Perspective (videos)

Interview with Alan Lucas: Breast Feeding and Health – a Biological Perspective

Interview with Ferdinand Haschke: Early Life Nutrition and Growth Trajectories and Metabolic Outcomes (videos)

Interview with Ferdinand Haschke: Early Life Nutrition and Growth Trajectories and Metabolic Outcomes

Ferdinand Haschke
Interview with Erika Isolauri: Early Life Nutrition and Microbiome Development (videos)

Interview with Erika Isolauri: Early Life Nutrition and Microbiome Development