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
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
Berthold Koletzko 102 Lecture
Feeding in Infancy and Early Childhood: Preventive Opportunities

Feeding in Infancy and Early Childhood: Preventive Opportunities

Berthold Koletzko
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Adequate Feeding Practices: Opportunities for Healthy Growth

Adequate Feeding Practices: Opportunities for Healthy Growth

The Nest 54
The Nest 54: Inadequate feeding practices in childhood and long term impact

The Nest 54: Inadequate feeding practices in childhood and long term impact

Feeding children with gastrointestinal impairment
Feeding children with GI impairment ESPGHAN 2024

Feeding children with GI impairment ESPGHAN 2024