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
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

Fat Content in Breast milk and maternal diet are highly correlated (news)

Fat Content in Breast milk and maternal diet are highly correlated