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
Interview with Michelle Lampl: The Implications of Growth as a Time Specific Event (videos)
Interview with Michelle Lampl: The Implications of Growth as a Time Specific Event

Interview with Michelle Lampl: The Implications of Growth as a Time Specific Event

Interview with Berthold Koletzko: Infant Formula Composition and Growth (videos)
Interview with Berthold Koletzko: Infant Formula Composition and Growth

Interview with Berthold Koletzko: Infant Formula Composition and Growth

Interview with Samuli Rautava: Microbial Composition of the Initial Colonization of Newborns (videos)
Interview with Samuli Rautava: Microbial Composition of the Initial Colonization of Newborns

Interview with Samuli Rautava: Microbial Composition of the Initial Colonization of Newborns

Interview with Allan Walker: The Importance of Normal Colonization of the Newborn in Immune Development (videos)
Interview with Allan Walker: The Importance of Normal Colonization of the Newborn in Immune Development

Interview with Allan Walker: The Importance of Normal Colonization of the Newborn in Immune Development

Interview with Viet Grote: Complementary Feeding and Infant Growth - Timing, Composition and Mode of Feeding (videos)
Interview with Viet Grote: Complementary Feeding and Infant Growth - Timing, Composition and Mode of Feeding

Interview with Viet Grote: Complementary Feeding and Infant Growth - Timing, Composition and Mode of Feeding

Interview with Peter Willatts: Effects of Nutrition on the Development of Higher Order Cognition (videos)
Interview with Peter Willatts: Effects of Nutrition on the Development of Higher Order Cognition

Interview with Peter Willatts: Effects of Nutrition on the Development of Higher Order Cognition

Peter Willatts
Interview with Kim Michaelsen: Breastfeeding, Breast Milk Composition, and Growth Outcomes (videos)
Interview with Kim Michaelsen: Breastfeeding, Breast Milk Composition, and Growth Outcomes

Interview with Kim Michaelsen: Breastfeeding, Breast Milk Composition, and Growth Outcomes

Kim F. Michaelsen
Interview with Josef Neu: Dysbiosis in the Neonatal Period: Role of C-Section (videos)
Interview with Josef Neu: Dysbiosis in the Neonatal Period: Role of C-Section

Interview with Josef Neu: Dysbiosis in the Neonatal Period: Role of C-Section