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
Interview with Leonidas Karagounis: Importance of Dietary Protein at Breakfast in Childhood  (videos)
Interview with Leonidas Karagounis: Importance of Dietary Protein at Breakfast in Childhood

Interview with Leonidas Karagounis: Importance of Dietary Protein at Breakfast in Childhood

Leonidas Karagounis
Interview with Theresa Nicklas: Breakfast Skipping and Weight  (videos)
Interview with Theresa Nicklas: Breakfast Skipping and Weight

Interview with Theresa Nicklas: Breakfast Skipping and Weight

Theresa Nicklas
Interview with Sandra Sunram Lea - Breakfast Glycaemic Index and Cognitive Function in School Children (videos)
Interview with Sandra Sunram Lea - Breakfast Glycaemic Index and Cognitive Function in School Children

Interview with Sandra Sunram Lea - Breakfast Glycaemic Index and Cognitive Function in School Children

Sandra Sünram-Lea
Early development of taste preference and consequences of early taste exposure on later development (videos)
Early development of taste preference and consequences of early taste exposure on later development

Early development of taste preference and consequences of early taste exposure on later development

Sophie Nicklaus
Effect of Parental Feeding on Child’s Eating Behavior (videos)
Effect of Parental Feeding on Child’s Eating Behavior

Effect of Parental Feeding on Child’s Eating Behavior

Kimberley Mallan
What Children Eat (videos)
What Children Eat

What Children Eat

Christiani Jeyakumar Henry
Child Eating Behavior and Energy Intake (videos)
Child Eating Behavior and Energy Intake

Child Eating Behavior and Energy Intake

Ciarán Forde
FITS/KNHS Overview (videos)
FITS/KNHS Overview

FITS/KNHS Overview

Alison Eldridge