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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Annales 74.3 - Human Milk: Lessons from Recent Research (publications)
Feeding Practices in the Introduction of Complementary Feeding and Implications for Future Healthy Eating

Feeding Practices in the Introduction of Complementary Feeding and Implications for Future Healthy Eating

Complementary feeding period begins when human milk or formula alone can no longer meet an infant’s nutritional needs…

Annales 74.3 - Human Milk: Lessons from Recent Research (publications)
Biological and Experiential Factors That Impact the Acceptance of Complementary Foods

Biological and Experiential Factors That Impact the Acceptance of Complementary Foods

Annales 74.3 - Human Milk: Lessons from Recent Research (publications)
Prevention of Food Allergy: Harmonizing Perspectives from the East and West

Prevention of Food Allergy: Harmonizing Perspectives from the East and West

IUGR and Preterm Birth as Determinants of Child Growth in First Two Years and Potential Interventions
IUGR and Preterm Birth as Determinants of Child Growth in First Two Years and Potential Interventions

IUGR and Preterm Birth as Determinants of Child Growth in First Two Years and Potential Interventions

Parul Christian
Catch Up Growth - Basic Mechanisms
Catch Up Growth - Basic Mechanisms

Catch Up Growth - Basic Mechanisms

Ian J. Griffin
Nature vs Nurture in Early Feeding Behavior
Nature vs Nurture in Early Feeding Behavior

Nature vs Nurture in Early Feeding Behavior

Lucy Cooke
The Effect of Infant Feeding Practices on Height, Weight, and Disease in Developing Countries
The Effect of Infant Feeding Practices on Height, Weight, and Disease in Developing Countries

The Effect of Infant Feeding Practices on Height, Weight, and Disease in Developing Countries

Benjamin Yarnoff
Human Milk Oligasaccharides - Just a Sugar or Nature's Secret Weapon? (videos)
Human Milk Oligasaccharides - Just a Sugar or Nature's Secret Weapon?

Human Milk Oligasaccharides - Just a Sugar or Nature's Secret Weapon?

Clemens Kunz
Human milk for preterm infants. What do we know? (videos)
Human milk for preterm infants. What do we know?

Human milk for preterm infants. What do we know?

Chris van den Akker
Microbiome during Pregnancy (videos)
Microbiome during Pregnancy

Microbiome during Pregnancy

Omry Koren
Influence of Energy Density on Dietary Patterns of Young Children
Influence of Energy Density on Dietary Patterns of Young Children

Influence of Energy Density on Dietary Patterns of Young Children

Kathleen C. Reidy