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 Sanjay Patole: Microbiota and NEC (videos)
Interview with Sanjay Patole: Microbiota and NEC

Interview with Sanjay Patole: Microbiota and NEC

Sanjay Patole
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 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 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 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 Zulfiqar Bhutta: Micronutrients and Childhood Growth - Current Evidence and Progress

Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
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

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

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

Cats protect newborns against asthma (news)
Cats protect newborns against asthma

Cats protect newborns against asthma