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
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
Molecular clues to how nutrition impacts on immunity: the exosome
Molecular clues to how nutrition impacts on immunity: the exosome

Molecular clues to how nutrition impacts on immunity: the exosome

Marc Veldhoen
R. Heidkamp
Evidence for CF Interventions (Nutritional Counseling and/or Food Supplementation Effects on Growth)

Evidence for CF Interventions (Nutritional Counseling and/or Food Supplementation Effects on Growth)

Rebecca Heidkamp
Maternal- and Early Childhood Obesity. Outcomes of Clinical Studies (videos)
Maternal- and Early Childhood Obesity. Outcomes of Clinical Studies

Maternal- and Early Childhood Obesity. Outcomes of Clinical Studies

Ferdinand Haschke
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Prevention of SGA - Preterm by Maternal Treatment with Antibiotics during Pregnancy

Prevention of SGA - Preterm by Maternal Treatment with Antibiotics during Pregnancy

Per Ashorn
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Identifying the High Risk Pregnancy: When to Refer

Identifying the High Risk Pregnancy: When to Refer

Ma. Teresa Cruz Padilla