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
Pre-term Nutrition and Human Milk Fortification (videos)
Pre-term Nutrition and Human Milk Fortification

Pre-term Nutrition and Human Milk Fortification

Jean-Charles Picaud
NNIW88 – Intestinal Microbiome: Functional Aspects in Health & Diseases (publications)
NNIW88 – Intestinal Microbiome: Functional Aspects in Health & Diseases

NNIW88 – Intestinal Microbiome: Functional Aspects in Health & Diseases

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Got a picky eater? How 'nature and nurture' may be influencing eating behavior in young children (news)
Got a picky eater? How 'nature and nurture' may be influencing eating behavior in young children

Got a picky eater? How 'nature and nurture' may be influencing eating behavior in young children

Eating peanuts while breastfeeding could protect babies from allergy, study suggests (news)
Eating peanuts while breastfeeding could protect babies from allergy, study suggests

Eating peanuts while breastfeeding could protect babies from allergy, study suggests

European Academy of Pediatric Societies (EAPS) 2018
European Academy of Pediatric Societies (EAPS) 2018

European Academy of Pediatric Societies (EAPS) 2018

Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Annual Meeting 2018
Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Annual Meeting 2018

Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Annual Meeting 2018

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5th International Conference on Nutrition & Growth (N&G 2018)

5th International Conference on Nutrition & Growth (N&G 2018)

Water-Soluble Vitamins in Breast Milk: Factors Affecting their Concentrations and their Physiological Significance (videos)
Water-Soluble Vitamins in Breast Milk: Factors Affecting their Concentrations and their Physiological Significance

Water-Soluble Vitamins in Breast Milk: Factors Affecting their Concentrations and their Physiological Significance

Lindsay H. Allen