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
The Nest 56
The Importance of Breakfast in School-Aged Children

The Importance of Breakfast in School-Aged Children

Helena Gibson‐Moore
The Nest 56
Nourishing Transformative Changes as Children Grow

Nourishing Transformative Changes as Children Grow

Andrew Prentice
Interview with Zulfiqar Bhutta: Micronutrients and Childhood Growth - Current Evidence and Progress  (videos)
Interview with Zulfiqar Bhutta: Micronutrients and Childhood Growth - Current Evidence and Progress

Interview with Zulfiqar Bhutta: Micronutrients and Childhood Growth - Current Evidence and Progress

Zulfiqar Bhutta
Interview with Sean Deoni: Neuroimaging of the Developing Brain & Impact of Nutrition (videos)
Interview with Sean Deoni: Neuroimaging of the Developing Brain & Impact of Nutrition

Interview with Sean Deoni: Neuroimaging of the Developing Brain & Impact of Nutrition

Nuts for healthier hearts: Large study supports health benefits of nuts  (news)
Nuts for healthier hearts: Large study supports health benefits of nuts

Nuts for healthier hearts: Large study supports health benefits of nuts

Cats protect newborns against asthma  (news)
Cats protect newborns against asthma

Cats protect newborns against asthma

Pre-term Nutrition and Human Milk Fortification (videos)
Pre-term Nutrition and Human Milk Fortification

Pre-term Nutrition and Human Milk Fortification

Jean-Charles Picaud
NNIW88 – Intestinal Microbiome: Functional Aspects in Health & Diseases (publications)
NNIW88 – Intestinal Microbiome: Functional Aspects in Health & Diseases

NNIW88 – Intestinal Microbiome: Functional Aspects in Health & Diseases

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Got a picky eater? How 'nature and nurture' may be influencing eating behavior in young children (news)
Got a picky eater? How 'nature and nurture' may be influencing eating behavior in young children

Got a picky eater? How 'nature and nurture' may be influencing eating behavior in young children

Eating peanuts while breastfeeding could protect babies from allergy, study suggests  (news)
Eating peanuts while breastfeeding could protect babies from allergy, study suggests

Eating peanuts while breastfeeding could protect babies from allergy, study suggests