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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The Relationship Between Nutrition, Brain, Cognition, Learning, and Behavior in School-Age Children: Systematic Evidence and Future Opportunities

The Relationship Between Nutrition, Brain, Cognition, Learning, and Behavior in School-Age Children: Systematic Evidence and Future Opportunities

School age (5–18 years) is a pivotal window for brain and cognitive development, yet nutrition‐related brain and…

Diandra Brkić
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The Importance of Breakfast in School-Aged Children

The Importance of Breakfast in School-Aged Children

Helena Gibson‐Moore
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Nourishing Transformative Changes as Children Grow

Nourishing Transformative Changes as Children Grow

Andrew Prentice
Pre-pregnancy micronutrient supplementation may be crucial to maternal health while expecting: RCT (news)
Pre-pregnancy micronutrient supplementation may be crucial to maternal health while expecting: RCT

Pre-pregnancy micronutrient supplementation may be crucial to maternal health while expecting: RCT

Low vitamin D at birth raises risk of higher blood pressure in kids (news)
Low vitamin D at birth raises risk of higher blood pressure in kids

Low vitamin D at birth raises risk of higher blood pressure in kids

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High sugar levels during pregnancy could lead to childhood obesity
High sugar levels during pregnancy could lead to childhood obesity

High sugar levels during pregnancy could lead to childhood obesity

High fiber during pregnancy reduces risk of celiac disease in children, research finds (news)
High fiber during pregnancy reduces risk of celiac disease in children, research finds

High fiber during pregnancy reduces risk of celiac disease in children, research finds

What are Human Milk Oligosaccharides? (videos)
What are Human Milk Oligosaccharides?

What are Human Milk Oligosaccharides?

Elizabeth Forbes-Blom
The Development of the Gut Microbiome and its Role (videos)
The Development of the Gut Microbiome and its Role

The Development of the Gut Microbiome and its Role

Liam O'Mahony
A first glance at optimized complementary feeding diets using linear programing (videos)
A first glance at optimized complementary feeding diets using linear programing

A first glance at optimized complementary feeding diets using linear programing

Jose (Pepe) M. Saavedra
Diet optimization using linear programing (videos)
Diet optimization using linear programing

Diet optimization using linear programing

Matthieu Maillot