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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Mindful Microbes: The Interplay Between Environment, Gut Microbiome, Brain, and Behavior
Mindful Microbes: The Interplay Between Environment, Gut Microbiome, Brain, and Behavior

Mindful Microbes: The Interplay Between Environment, Gut Microbiome, Brain, and Behavior

"Mindful Microbes: The Interplay Between Environment, Gut Microbiome, Brain, and Behavior" by Rebecca Knickmeyer, PhD…

Rebecca Knickmeyer
Exploring the Crosstalk: Nutrition, Microbiome, and Cardiometabolic Health
Exploring the Crosstalk: Nutrition, Microbiome, and Cardiometabolic Health

Exploring the Crosstalk: Nutrition, Microbiome, and Cardiometabolic Health

Noel Mueller
Guiding the Growing Gut: Microbiome and the Digestive Development of Children
Guiding the Growing Gut: Microbiome and the Digestive Development of Children

Guiding the Growing Gut: Microbiome and the Digestive Development of Children

Omar Delannoy Bruno
Iron deficiency early in life can have long-lasting consequences for the brain  (news)
Iron deficiency early in life can have long-lasting consequences for the brain

Iron deficiency early in life can have long-lasting consequences for the brain

New link between gut bacteria and obesity  (news)
New link between gut bacteria and obesity

New link between gut bacteria and obesity

Lifestyle interventions cut gestational weight gain  (news)
Lifestyle interventions cut gestational weight gain

Lifestyle interventions cut gestational weight gain

Descriptive phrases for how often food should be eaten helps preschoolers better understand healthy eating  (news)
Descriptive phrases for how often food should be eaten helps preschoolers better understand healthy eating

Descriptive phrases for how often food should be eaten helps preschoolers better understand healthy eating

Newest data shows childhood obesity continues to increase  (news)
Newest data shows childhood obesity continues to increase

Newest data shows childhood obesity continues to increase

Growth and Immunity – Early Nutrition Influence
Growth and Immunity – Early Nutrition Influence

Growth and Immunity – Early Nutrition Influence

91st Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop: Nurturing a Healthy Generation of Children (events)
91st Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop: Nurturing a Healthy Generation of Children

91st Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop: Nurturing a Healthy Generation of Children

Nutrition and Growth: Yearbook 2017 (publications)
Nutrition and Growth: Yearbook 2017

Nutrition and Growth: Yearbook 2017