Expert opinion

In this section of the website, internationally renowned experts share with us their scientific opinion on specific topics related to Nutrition. If you are interested in improving your knowledge and learning about the latest research on obesity, allergies and other compelling topics, this page is for you!

When is it time to introduce solid foods?
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When is it time to introduce solid foods?

When is it time to introduce complementary feeding? What are the recommendations? Starting complementary feeding too…

8 min read Professor R. Shamir
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Could gut microbes help to prevent later obesity?

In this blog Rob Knight explains that it is now possible to identify whether a person is lean or obese just by looking…

4 min read R. Knight
What are the interventional strategies to promote appropriate growth?
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What are the interventional strategies to promote appropriate growth?

During an interview, Prof. Ekhard Ziegler discusses the latest research on interventional strategies to promote growth…

3 min read Professor Ekhard Ziegler
Prevention of Atopic Dermatitis Through Hydrolysates
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Prevention of Atopic Dermatitis Through Hydrolysates

I am Hania Szajewska, the head of the department of pediatrics at the Medical University of Warsaw and one of the…

2 min read Professor Hania Szajewska
Protein Requirements of Term Infants: Quantity and Quality
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Protein Requirements of Term Infants: Quantity and Quality

Large nutrition surveys in the US (Butte et al, 2008, FITs) and China Ming Study indicate that children from infancy to…

4 min read Professor Ferdinand Haschke
Using Food and Nutritional Strategies to Induce Food Tolerance in Allergic Children
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Using Food and Nutritional Strategies to Induce Food Tolerance in Allergic Children

Across the world, more and more people are developing food allergies. By 2011, it was estimated that 1 in 20 children in…

4 min read Prof. Anna Nowak-Węgrzyn
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The Development of Flavour Perception and Acceptance

Our sense of taste develops and changes throughout our lives, but did you know that our earliest flavour preferences are…

5 min read Professor Catherine Forestell
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The Importance of Nutrition during the First 1000 days – Protein in Infancy

Nutrition before and after birth (“first 1000 days”) is important for later health and wellbeing. In this blog we…

3 min read Professor Ferdinand Haschke
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How can Early Nutrition Help to Manage Allergy, Obesity and Other Non-Communicable Diseases‬?‬‬‬‬‬‬

After nearly 100 years in the lexicon, is it time for an update to the saying ‘you are what you eat’? It’s becoming…

3 min read S. Prescott