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
Annales 74.3 - Human Milk: Lessons from Recent Research (publications)
Prevention of Food Allergy: Harmonizing Perspectives from the East and West

Prevention of Food Allergy: Harmonizing Perspectives from the East and West

Annales 74.3 - Human Milk: Lessons from Recent Research (publications)
Complementary Food and Obesity

Complementary Food and Obesity

Luis Moreno
Annales 74.3 - Human Milk: Lessons from Recent Research (publications)
Annales 82.3 - Complementary Feeding and Future Health

Annales 82.3 - Complementary Feeding and Future Health

NNIW102 - Growing Strong: Harnessing the Power of Nutrition for Child Health
Feeding in Infancy and Early Childhood: Preventive Opportunities

Feeding in Infancy and Early Childhood: Preventive Opportunities

Berthold Koletzko
NNIW102 - Growing Strong: Harnessing the Power of Nutrition for Child Health
Breastfeeding and Later Risk of Obesity and NCDs – How Strong is the Evidence?

Breastfeeding and Later Risk of Obesity and NCDs – How Strong is the Evidence?

Oraporn Dumrongwongsiri
NNIW102 - Growing Strong: Harnessing the Power of Nutrition for Child Health
Early-Life Growth and Later Life Course Cardio-Metabolic Health

Early-Life Growth and Later Life Course Cardio-Metabolic Health

Vincent Jaddoe
NNIW102 - Growing Strong: Harnessing the Power of Nutrition for Child Health
Fetal Growth and its Impact on Long-Term Health

Fetal Growth and its Impact on Long-Term Health

Keith Godfrey
NNIW102 - Growing Strong: Harnessing the Power of Nutrition for Child Health
Digital Agriculture: New Frontiers for the Food System

Digital Agriculture: New Frontiers for the Food System

Esther Van de Voort