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
66th Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop: Drivers of Innovation in Pediatric Nutrition (events)
66th Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop: Drivers of Innovation in Pediatric Nutrition

66th Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop: Drivers of Innovation in Pediatric Nutrition

Toddlers and Young Children: An Early Start Toward Adult Health (publications)
Toddlers and Young Children: An Early Start Toward Adult Health

Toddlers and Young Children: An Early Start Toward Adult Health

Co-Authored by 3 Experts
Nutrition & Growth Yearbook 2019 (publications)
Nutrition & Growth Yearbook 2019

Nutrition & Growth Yearbook 2019

Co-Authored by 4 Experts
Real-world study in infants fed with an infant formula with two human milk oligosaccharides (publications)
Real-world study in infants fed with an infant formula with two human milk oligosaccharides

Real-world study in infants fed with an infant formula with two human milk oligosaccharides

The Long Search for Evidence Based Nutritional Interventions (publications)
The Long Search for Evidence Based Nutritional Interventions

The Long Search for Evidence Based Nutritional Interventions

Hania Szajewska
Allergy Prevention: Where are we now? (publications)
Allergy Prevention: Where are we now?

Allergy Prevention: Where are we now?

Kent Woo
Time of Lactation and Maternal Fucosyltransferase Genetic Polymorphisms Determine the Variability in Human Milk Oligosaccharides (publications)
Time of Lactation and Maternal Fucosyltransferase Genetic Polymorphisms Determine the Variability in Human Milk Oligosaccharides

Time of Lactation and Maternal Fucosyltransferase Genetic Polymorphisms Determine the Variability in Human Milk Oligosaccharides

Co-Authored by 10 Experts