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
Recent Advances in Neonatal Medicine

Recent Advances in Neonatal Medicine

Impact of Nutrition on Growth, Brain and Cognition (videos)

Impact of Nutrition on Growth, Brain and Cognition

Maureen Black
Effects of Nutrition on the Development of Higher-Order Cognition (videos)

Effects of Nutrition on the Development of Higher-Order Cognition

Neuroimaging of the Developing Brain & Impact of Nutrition (videos)

Neuroimaging of the Developing Brain & Impact of Nutrition

Standardized Measures of Cognition vs. Laboratory Tasks (videos)

Standardized Measures of Cognition vs. Laboratory Tasks

Nutritionist’s Perspective on Behavioral Assessment (videos)

Nutritionist’s Perspective on Behavioral Assessment

Micronutrients and Childhood Growth: Current Evidence & Progress (videos)

Micronutrients and Childhood Growth: Current Evidence & Progress

Causes of Stunting and Preventive Dietary Interventions in Pregnancy and Early Childhood (videos)

Causes of Stunting and Preventive Dietary Interventions in Pregnancy and Early Childhood