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
Intractable Diarrheas in Childhood
Intractable Diarrheas in Childhood

Intractable Diarrheas in Childhood

International Committee of Paediatricians
NNIW77 - The Importance of Immunonutrition (publications)
NNIW77 - The Importance of Immunonutrition

NNIW77 - The Importance of Immunonutrition

Co-Authored by 3 Experts
A Practical Approach to Nutrition Care in Neurologically Impaired Children (publications)
A Practical Approach to Nutrition Care in Neurologically Impaired Children

A Practical Approach to Nutrition Care in Neurologically Impaired Children

Valerie Marchand
European NNI Meeting: “Nutrition and growth in the first 1,000 days of long-term impact” (publications)
European NNI Meeting: “Nutrition and growth in the first 1,000 days of long-term impact”

European NNI Meeting: “Nutrition and growth in the first 1,000 days of long-term impact”

Various authors
Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy: How can we Improve Standards of Care in Pediatric Practice? (publications)
Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy: How can we Improve Standards of Care in Pediatric Practice?

Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy: How can we Improve Standards of Care in Pediatric Practice?

Yvan Vandenplas
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Gut Microbes and Their Role in Malnutrition and Obesity

Gut Microbes and Their Role in Malnutrition and Obesity

R Knight
Metabolic Programming: Effects of Early Nutrition on Growth, Metabolism and Body Composition (videos)
Metabolic Programming: Effects of Early Nutrition on Growth, Metabolism and Body Composition

Metabolic Programming: Effects of Early Nutrition on Growth, Metabolism and Body Composition

Ferdinand Haschke
Establishing Healthy eating behaviors:Learnings from the Cookid Study
Establishing Healthy eating behaviors:Learnings from the Cookid Study

Establishing Healthy eating behaviors:Learnings from the Cookid Study

Klazine van der Horst