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
Relation of Eating Behaviour and Obesity
Relation of Eating Behaviour and Obesity

Relation of Eating Behaviour and Obesity

Marion M. Hetherinton
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Early Nutrition and Long-Term Health

Early Nutrition and Long-Term Health

Jose (Pepe) M. Saavedra
Dietary omega 3 LCPUFA during the perinatal period as a strategy to minimize childhood allergic disease
Dietary omega 3 LCPUFA during the perinatal period as a strategy to minimize childhood allergic disease

Dietary omega 3 LCPUFA during the perinatal period as a strategy to minimize childhood allergic disease

Maria Makrides
Managing non-IgE-mediated Cow's Milk Allergy - Best Practice and Pitfalls
Managing non-IgE-mediated Cow's Milk Allergy - Best Practice and Pitfalls

Managing non-IgE-mediated Cow's Milk Allergy - Best Practice and Pitfalls

Ralf G. Heine
Why, how and when should we use probitics in preterm infants
Why, how and when should we use probitics in preterm infants

Why, how and when should we use probitics in preterm infants

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Insulin in Human Milk and the Use of Hormones in Infant Formulae
Insulin in Human Milk and the Use of Hormones in Infant Formulae

Insulin in Human Milk and the Use of Hormones in Infant Formulae

Raanan Shamir
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Whom to feed, When to feed and What to feed?

Whom to feed, When to feed and What to feed?

B. Ravinder Reddy
Microbiota Modulation by Probiotics Effects on Growth and Obesity
Microbiota Modulation by Probiotics Effects on Growth and Obesity

Microbiota Modulation by Probiotics Effects on Growth and Obesity

Hania Szajewska