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
Microbiota modulation. Can probiotics prevent / treat disease? (videos)
Microbiota modulation. Can probiotics prevent / treat disease?

Microbiota modulation. Can probiotics prevent / treat disease?

Hania Szajewska
Diabetes in Pregnancy: Nutritional Issues
Diabetes in Pregnancy: Nutritional Issues

Diabetes in Pregnancy: Nutritional Issues

Frank Louwen
Aging and the Nutrition Imperative
Aging and the Nutrition Imperative

Aging and the Nutrition Imperative

Irwin H. Rosenberg
Branch chain fatty acids and their possible role in the prevention of NEC
Branch chain fatty acids and their possible role in the prevention of NEC

Branch chain fatty acids and their possible role in the prevention of NEC

Tom Brenna
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Introductory lecture on lack of nutrition in the medical curriculum/negligence of the importance of nutrition as an integrated part of disease management

Introductory lecture on lack of nutrition in the medical curriculum/negligence of the importance of nutrition as an integrated part of disease management

Mathias Plauth
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Feeding LBW Infants in a Resource-Poor Environment

Feeding LBW Infants in a Resource-Poor Environment

Gert F. Kirsten
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Pre- and Postnatal Nutrition and Metabolic Programming

Pre- and Postnatal Nutrition and Metabolic Programming

Ferdinand Haschke
Nutritional Management of Cow's Milk Protein Allergy in Infants & Children
Host-Microbiota Interactions – Health Benefit in Infancy     

Host-Microbiota Interactions – Health Benefit in Infancy     

E Isolauri