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
Atopy in Childhood (publications)

Atopy in Childhood

The Nest 3: Public Health / Breast-Feeding / Child Growth (publications)

The Nest 3: Public Health / Breast-Feeding / Child Growth

Growth, Health and Development of Breast- and Formula-fed Infants at Risk (videos)

Growth, Health and Development of Breast- and Formula-fed Infants at Risk

Ferdinand Haschke
Mothers' nutrition pivotal for healthy child growth (news)

Mothers' nutrition pivotal for healthy child growth

Study finds new link between short sleep during pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus (news)

Study finds new link between short sleep during pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus

The Nest 41: Gestational Diabetes: a Window of Opportunity to Modify Long-Term Health Risks (publications)

The Nest 41: Gestational Diabetes: a Window of Opportunity to Modify Long-Term Health Risks

Co-Authored by 7 Experts
The Nest 6: Breast-Feeding / Infant Nutrition / Practical Advice (publications)

The Nest 6: Breast-Feeding / Infant Nutrition / Practical Advice

The Nest 2: Maternal Education / Child Nutrition / Public Health (publications)

The Nest 2: Maternal Education / Child Nutrition / Public Health