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 Nest 54

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

Adequate feeding practices are important to promoting healthy growth and development in infants and children, particularly during the complementary feeding period when their nutritional needs increase. A child's nutritional status has both short- and long-term impacts on health, and the timely introduction of a balanced, nutrient-dense, and age-appropriate diet is essential for preventing malnutrition.

Feeding children with gastrointestinal impairment

Feeding children with GI impairment ESPGHAN 2024

Flavia Indrio NNIW101

Gut bone axis: Clinical implications

Co-Authored by 3 Experts
NNI European Meeting - Nutrition of Preterms and further preventive nutritional aspects (publications)

NNI European Meeting - Nutrition of Preterms and further preventive nutritional aspects

Importance of Dietary Sources of Iron in Infants and Toddlers: Lessons from the FITS Study (news)

Importance of Dietary Sources of Iron in Infants and Toddlers: Lessons from the FITS Study

Importance of Dietary Sources of Iron in Infants and Toddlers: Lessons from the FITS Study (publications)

Importance of Dietary Sources of Iron in Infants and Toddlers: Lessons from the FITS Study

The First 1,000 Days: Role of Nutrition in Growth and Health (publications)

The First 1,000 Days: Role of Nutrition in Growth and Health

Co-Authored by 2 Experts
Update on Food Allergies (publications)

Update on Food Allergies

Prenatal malnutrition and posnatal health (news)

Prenatal malnutrition and posnatal health

Preventing child obesity starts in the previous generations (news)

Preventing child obesity starts in the previous generations

Can combined exercise and nutritional intervention improve muscle mass and function (news)

Can combined exercise and nutritional intervention improve muscle mass and function