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
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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

Interview with Erika Isolauri: Early Life Nutrition and Microbiome Development