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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Fenton growth chart for boys
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
81st Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop: Low Birth Weight Baby, Born Too Soon or Too Small (events)
81st Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop: Low Birth Weight Baby, Born Too Soon or Too Small

81st Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop: Low Birth Weight Baby, Born Too Soon or Too Small

Global Congress for Consensus in Pediatrics & Child Health 2014 (events)
Global Congress for Consensus in Pediatrics & Child Health 2014

Global Congress for Consensus in Pediatrics & Child Health 2014

1st International Conference on Nutrition & Growth (N&G 2014) (events)
1st International Conference on Nutrition & Growth (N&G 2014)

1st International Conference on Nutrition & Growth (N&G 2014)

Excellence in Pediatrics 2013
Excellence in Pediatrics 2013

Excellence in Pediatrics 2013

Adolescent and young women health and nutrition: Programming for future generations (events)
Adolescent and young women health and nutrition: Programming for future generations

Adolescent and young women health and nutrition: Programming for future generations

DOHaD World Congress 2013 (events)
DOHaD World Congress 2013

DOHaD World Congress 2013

Nestlé International Nutrition Symposium (NINS) 2013 - Nutrition, Obesity & Society (events)
Nestlé International Nutrition Symposium (NINS) 2013 - Nutrition, Obesity & Society

Nestlé International Nutrition Symposium (NINS) 2013 - Nutrition, Obesity & Society

NNI Clinical Nutrition Course 2013 (events)
NNI Clinical Nutrition Course 2013

NNI Clinical Nutrition Course 2013