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
Interview with Sanjay Patole: Microbiota and NEC (videos)

Interview with Sanjay Patole: Microbiota and NEC

Interview with Matthias Zilbauer: Epigenetics in the GI Tract during Health and Inflammation (videos)

Interview with Matthias Zilbauer: Epigenetics in the GI Tract during Health and Inflammation

Interview with Peter Arner: Fat Tissue Growth and Development in Humans (videos)

Interview with Peter Arner: Fat Tissue Growth and Development in Humans

Interview with Omry Koren: Microbiome during Pregnancy (videos)

Interview with Omry Koren: Microbiome during Pregnancy

Interview with Zulfiqar Bhutta: Micronutrients and Childhood Growth - Current Evidence and Progress (videos)

Interview with Zulfiqar Bhutta: Micronutrients and Childhood Growth - Current Evidence and Progress

Interview with Sean Deoni: Neuroimaging of the Developing Brain & Impact of Nutrition (videos)

Interview with Sean Deoni: Neuroimaging of the Developing Brain & Impact of Nutrition

Nuts for healthier hearts: Large study supports health benefits of nuts (news)

Nuts for healthier hearts: Large study supports health benefits of nuts

Cats protect newborns against asthma (news)

Cats protect newborns against asthma