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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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
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HMOs and the Shaping of Microbiome Maturation: Review of Evidence and Clinical Implications

HMOs and the Shaping of Microbiome Maturation: Review of Evidence and Clinical Implications

Co-Authored by 2 Experts
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Where Are They?

Where Are They?

Dominik Grathwohl
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Human Milk Macronutrient Composition During First Six Months of Lactation in Exclusively Breastfeeding Filipino Women

Human Milk Macronutrient Composition During First Six Months of Lactation in Exclusively Breastfeeding Filipino Women

Co-Authored by 9 Experts
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Infant and Toddler Formulas Supplemented with 5 HMOs and Fed from Birth to 15 Months are Safe and Support Age-Appropriate Growth: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

Infant and Toddler Formulas Supplemented with 5 HMOs and Fed from Birth to 15 Months are Safe and Support Age-Appropriate Growth: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

Shaillay Kumar Dogra
Intersections of Nutrition: Retracing Yesterday, Redefining Tomorrow
NNIW97 - Intersections of Nutrition: Retracing Yesterday, Redefining Tomorrow

NNIW97 - Intersections of Nutrition: Retracing Yesterday, Redefining Tomorrow

Jossie M. Rogacion
Infant feeding and later health: Exploring mechanisms to improve preventive approaches
Infant feeding and later health: Exploring mechanisms to improve preventive approaches

Infant feeding and later health: Exploring mechanisms to improve preventive approaches

Berthold Koletzko
COVID-19 pandemic and nutrition status in children: A bidirectional negative relation
COVID-19 pandemic and nutrition status in children: A bidirectional negative relation

COVID-19 pandemic and nutrition status in children: A bidirectional negative relation

Sanja Kolaček
Breast milk, mother & infant triad as a biological complex
Breast milk, mother & infant triad as a biological complex

Breast milk, mother & infant triad as a biological complex

Aristea Binia