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
Study finds new link between short sleep during pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus (news)
Study finds new link between short sleep during pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus

Study finds new link between short sleep during pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus

The Nest 41: Gestational Diabetes: a Window of Opportunity to Modify Long-Term Health Risks (publications)
The Nest 41: Gestational Diabetes: a Window of Opportunity to Modify Long-Term Health Risks

The Nest 41: Gestational Diabetes: a Window of Opportunity to Modify Long-Term Health Risks

Co-Authored by 7 Experts
The Nest 6: Breast-Feeding / Infant Nutrition / Practical Advice (publications)
The Nest 6: Breast-Feeding / Infant Nutrition / Practical Advice

The Nest 6: Breast-Feeding / Infant Nutrition / Practical Advice

Co-Authored by 3 Experts
The Nest 2: Maternal Education / Child Nutrition / Public Health (publications)
The Nest 2: Maternal Education / Child Nutrition / Public Health

The Nest 2: Maternal Education / Child Nutrition / Public Health

Co-Authored by 3 Experts
The Nest 7: Pathology / Practical Advice / Infant Nutrition (publications)
The Nest 7: Pathology / Practical Advice / Infant Nutrition

The Nest 7: Pathology / Practical Advice / Infant Nutrition

Co-Authored by 3 Experts
78th Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop: International Nutrition: Achieving Millennium Goals and Beyond (events)
78th Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop: International Nutrition: Achieving Millennium Goals and Beyond

78th Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop: International Nutrition: Achieving Millennium Goals and Beyond

Enteral Nutrition in the Critically Ill Child: Challenges and Current Guidelines (videos)
Enteral Nutrition in the Critically Ill Child: Challenges and Current Guidelines

Enteral Nutrition in the Critically Ill Child: Challenges and Current Guidelines

Jorge Coss-Bu
Complementary Feeding (videos)
Complementary feeding

Complementary feeding

Raanan Shamir