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
Balancing safety and potential for impact in micronutrient interventions (videos)
Balancing safety and potential for impact in micronutrient interventions

Balancing safety and potential for impact in micronutrient interventions

Sant-Rayn Pasricha
Improving children’s diet: approach and progress (videos)
Improving children’s diet: approach and progress

Improving children’s diet: approach and progress

Usha Ramakrishnan
A summary of When does it all begin: What, when and how young children are fed (videos)
A summary of When does it all begin: What, when and how young children are fed

A summary of When does it all begin: What, when and how young children are fed

Usha Ramakrishnan
Global landscape of malnutrition in infants and young children (videos)
Global landscape of malnutrition in infants and young children

Global landscape of malnutrition in infants and young children

Lynette M. Neufeld
Baby-led weaning or spoon feeding? The difference it makes to children's eating habits is actually very small
Baby-led weaning or spoon feeding? The difference it makes to children's eating habits is actually very small

Baby-led weaning or spoon feeding? The difference it makes to children's eating habits is actually very small

Faster weight gain in infancy predicts higher blood pressure in early childhood (news)
Faster weight gain in infancy predicts higher blood pressure in early childhood

Faster weight gain in infancy predicts higher blood pressure in early childhood

HMOs in maternal and prenatal applications? Study uncovers presence in amniotic fluid (news)
HMOs in maternal and prenatal applications? Study uncovers presence in amniotic fluid

HMOs in maternal and prenatal applications? Study uncovers presence in amniotic fluid

'Loss of the Mediterranean diet': Children in Southern Europe more at risk of severe obesity, WHO finds (news)
'Loss of the Mediterranean diet': Children in Southern Europe more at risk of severe obesity, WHO finds

'Loss of the Mediterranean diet': Children in Southern Europe more at risk of severe obesity, WHO finds