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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N&G 2025 Booklet
N&G 2025 - Symposium Abstract Brochure

N&G 2025 - Symposium Abstract Brochure

In the NNI and WNSC symposium at the 12th International Conference on Nutrition and Growth, global experts discussed how nutrition during the critical toddler years builds a strong foundation for future health. The talks mainly tackled complementary feeding (CF) and the emphasis on the right timing to maximize health outcomes such as prevention of allergy and obesity, as well as the complex process of learning to eat, emphasizing the importance of food taste and texture acceptance in shaping future eating behaviors, and the impact of specific nutrients on brain maturation and myelination

Ciaran Forde VOD
Learning to Eat: Early life texture experience in the development of eating behaviors and dietary patterns

Learning to Eat: Early life texture experience in the development of eating behaviors and dietary patterns

Ciarán Forde >5 minutes
Jonas Hauser VOD
Toddler nutrition and brain development

Toddler nutrition and brain development

Jonas Hauser >5 minutes
Shaping the Brain Early in Life: Nutrition and/or Environment?
Shaping the Brain Early in Life: Nutrition and/or Environment?

Shaping the Brain Early in Life: Nutrition and/or Environment?

Joseph Haddad
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Perinatal Programming - Myths, Fact, and Future of Research

Perinatal Programming - Myths, Fact, and Future of Research

Jörg Dötsch
Individualized Nutrition of Preterm: What are the Challenges?

Individualized Nutrition of Preterm: What are the Challenges?

Thibault Senterre
Diet,the Gut Microbiome and the Metabolome of IBD
Diet,the Gut Microbiome and the Metabolome of IBD

Diet,the Gut Microbiome and the Metabolome of IBD

Gary D. Wu
Interventional strategies to promote appropriate growth (videos)
Interventional strategies to promote appropriate growth

Interventional strategies to promote appropriate growth

Ekhard E. Ziegler
What Should Dietary Guidelines for Infants and Young Children Look Like?
What Should Dietary Guidelines for Infants and Young Children Look Like?

What Should Dietary Guidelines for Infants and Young Children Look Like?

William H. Dietz
Non-Communicable disease
Non-Communicable disease

Non-Communicable disease

Atul Singhal
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Early Influences on Brain Development and Epigenetics

Early Influences on Brain Development and Epigenetics

Stephen G. Matthews