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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Fenton growth chart for boys
Post-Discharge Nutrition in Preterm Infants: Balancing Growth and Long-Term Health

Post-Discharge Nutrition in Preterm Infants: Balancing Growth and Long-Term Health

Preterm infants need optimized nutritional support post-discharge to promote healthy catch-up growth and support brain development. Their growth status at birth helps guide monitoring and feeding decisions, with weight, length, and head circumference tracked using clinical tools like the Fenton and WHO growth charts. Many infants, especially those with growth faltering, may benefit from fortified human milk, nutrient-dense feeds or preterm/post-discharge formulas to meet higher calorie and protein needs. Studies show that enriched and two-stage formulas with HMOs can safely support

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

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
Child Oncology
Child Oncology

Child Oncology

International Committee of Paediatricians
Child Abuse and Neglect (publications)
Child Abuse and Neglect

Child Abuse and Neglect

International Committee of Paediatricians
Under- and Over-nutrition in the First Thousand Days (publications)
Under- and Over-nutrition in the First Thousand Days

Under- and Over-nutrition in the First Thousand Days

Lactobacillus Reuteri DSM 17938 Appears to Be Effective in Reducing Crying Time for Colic (publications)
Lactobacillus Reuteri DSM 17938 Appears to Be Effective in Reducing Crying Time for Colic

Lactobacillus Reuteri DSM 17938 Appears to Be Effective in Reducing Crying Time for Colic

Timothy Cotts
Complementary Feeding Infographic (publications)
Complementary Feeding Infographic

Complementary Feeding Infographic

The Nest 37: Nutrition in Infancy and Childhood: What Is New? (publications)
The Nest 37: Nutrition in Infancy and Childhood: What Is New?

The Nest 37: Nutrition in Infancy and Childhood: What Is New?

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Low Birth Weight Baby: Born Too Soon or Too Small (publications)
Low Birth Weight Baby: Born Too Soon or Too Small

Low Birth Weight Baby: Born Too Soon or Too Small

Nestlé Nutrition Institute
NNIW79 - Nutrition, Gut Microbiota and Immunity: Therapeutic Targets of IBD (publications)
NNIW79 - Nutrition, Gut Microbiota and Immunity: Therapeutic Targets of IBD

NNIW79 - Nutrition, Gut Microbiota and Immunity: Therapeutic Targets of IBD

Co-Authored by 3 Experts