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
Intergenerational influences on child development: an epigenetic perspective (videos)
Intergenerational influences on child development: an epigenetic perspective

Intergenerational influences on child development: an epigenetic perspective

Matt J. Silver
The Gut Microbiome in Child Malnutrition (videos)
The Gut Microbiome in Child Malnutrition

The Gut Microbiome in Child Malnutrition

Ruairi C. Robertson
Environmental and physiological barriers to child growth and development (videos)
Environmental and physiological barriers to child growth and development

Environmental and physiological barriers to child growth and development

Andrew Prentice
The Role of Optimized Plant Protein in the Treatment of Acute Malnutrition (videos)
The Role of Optimized Plant Protein in the Treatment of Acute Malnutrition

The Role of Optimized Plant Protein in the Treatment of Acute Malnutrition

Mark Manary
Vegan diet in young children (videos)
Vegan diet in young children

Vegan diet in young children

Pascal Müller
Lifecourse evolution of vit B12 deficiency in Indians, lessons for other populations (videos)
Lifecourse evolution of vit B12 deficiency in Indians, lessons for other populations

Lifecourse evolution of vit B12 deficiency in Indians, lessons for other populations

Chittaranjan Yajnik
Role of milk and dairy products in growth of the child (videos)
Role of milk and dairy products in growth of the child

Role of milk and dairy products in growth of the child

Kim F. Michaelsen
Human Milk as the First Source of Nutrients (videos)
Human Milk as the First Source of Nutrients

Human Milk as the First Source of Nutrients

Lindsay H. Allen