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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Physiology of Suck Swallow & Initiation of Feedings

Physiology of Suck Swallow & Initiation of Feedings

Carlos Lifschitz
Diagnosing Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy, how big is the gap Between Medical Best-practice and Reality?
Diagnosing Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy, how big is the gap Between Medical Best-practice and Reality?

Diagnosing Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy, how big is the gap Between Medical Best-practice and Reality?

Sibylle Koletzko
Prudent early feeding choices from a long-term health perspective
Prudent early feeding choices from a long-term health perspective

Prudent early feeding choices from a long-term health perspective

Ekhard E. Ziegler
The role of dysbiosis and the role of probiotics in different diseases (IBD, IBS, diarrhea, obesity and cancer)
The role of dysbiosis and the role of probiotics in different diseases (IBD, IBS, diarrhea, obesity and cancer)

The role of dysbiosis and the role of probiotics in different diseases (IBD, IBS, diarrhea, obesity and cancer)

Rémy F. Meier
Co-existence of Over and Under-Nutrition: Is the Landscape Changing?
Co-existence of Over and Under-Nutrition: Is the Landscape Changing?

Co-existence of Over and Under-Nutrition: Is the Landscape Changing?

Benjamin Caballero
Guidelines for Allergy Prevention
Guidelines for Allergy Prevention

Guidelines for Allergy Prevention

Yvan Vandenplas
The case of iron: Supplementation vs. Fortification
The case of iron: Supplementation vs. Fortification

The case of iron: Supplementation vs. Fortification

Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Early Life Nutritional Determinants of Allergic Diseases and Other Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs)
Early Life Nutritional Determinants of Allergic Diseases and Other Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs)

Early Life Nutritional Determinants of Allergic Diseases and Other Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs)

Susan L. Prescott