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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The Relationship Between Nutrition, Brain, Cognition, Learning, and Behavior in School-Age Children: Systematic Evidence and Future Opportunities

The Relationship Between Nutrition, Brain, Cognition, Learning, and Behavior in School-Age Children: Systematic Evidence and Future Opportunities

School age (5–18 years) is a pivotal window for brain and cognitive development, yet nutrition‐related brain and…

Diandra Brkić
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The Importance of Breakfast in School-Aged Children

The Importance of Breakfast in School-Aged Children

Helena Gibson‐Moore
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Nourishing Transformative Changes as Children Grow

Nourishing Transformative Changes as Children Grow

Andrew Prentice
Global and secular trends in patterns of child growth
Global and secular trends in patterns of child growth

Global and secular trends in patterns of child growth

Aryeh Stein
Examining the role of environmental exposures on child growth and development
Examining the role of environmental exposures on child growth and development

Examining the role of environmental exposures on child growth and development

Usha Ramakrishnan
Impact of gut microbiome on child musculoskeletal health and development
Impact of gut microbiome on child musculoskeletal health and development

Impact of gut microbiome on child musculoskeletal health and development

Nicolas Bonnet
Future-ready: The importance of nutrition during adolescence
Future-ready: The importance of nutrition during adolescence

Future-ready: The importance of nutrition during adolescence

Hema Divakar
Fetal growth & its impacts on long-term health
Fetal growth & its impacts on long-term health

Fetal growth & its impacts on long-term health

Keith Godfrey
Early-life growth and later cardio-metabolic health
Early-life growth and later cardio-metabolic health

Early-life growth and later cardio-metabolic health

Vincent Jaddoe
Breastfeeding and Later Risk of Obesity and NCDs
Breastfeeding and Later Risk of Obesity and NCDs – how strong is the evidence?

Breastfeeding and Later Risk of Obesity and NCDs – how strong is the evidence?

Oraporn Dumrongwongsiri
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Feeding in Infancy and Early Childhood: Preventive Opportunities

Feeding in Infancy and Early Childhood: Preventive Opportunities

Berthold Koletzko