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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View details Preterm Infants: How Safe are High Protein Intakes?
Preterm Infants: How Safe are High Protein Intakes? (videos)

Preterm Infants: How Safe are High Protein Intakes?

Professor Hans van Goudoever

View details Appropriate age range for introduction of complementary feeding into an infant’s diet – EFSA Scientific Opinion
Appropriate age range for introduction of complementary feeding into an infant’s diet – EFSA Scientific Opinion (news)

Appropriate age range for introduction of complementary feeding into an infant’s diet – EFSA Scientific Opinion

View details The Nest 45: Nutrition in Toddlerhood: Challenges and Opportunities
The Nest 45: Nutrition in Toddlerhood: Challenges and Opportunities (publications)

The Nest 45: Nutrition in Toddlerhood: Challenges and Opportunities

Professor Maureen Black; Dr. Alison Eldridge; Elizabeth Offord; Mairead Kiely; Peter S.W Davies

View details NNI News - Update: Nutrition Issues
NNI News - Update: Nutrition Issues

NNI News - Update: Nutrition Issues

Mike Poßner; Herbert Lechner

View details Effects of Higher Protein Formula with Improved Fat Blend on Growth and Feeding Tolerance in Preterm Infants
Effects of Higher Protein Formula with Improved Fat Blend on Growth and Feeding Tolerance in Preterm Infants

Effects of Higher Protein Formula with Improved Fat Blend on Growth and Feeding Tolerance in Preterm Infants

Le Quang Thanh; Monica Chen; Mickaël Hartweg; Tu Anh Nguyen Thi

View details Effect of Nutrition on Toddlers’ overall Health and Growth
Effect of Nutrition on Toddlers’ overall Health and Growth

Effect of Nutrition on Toddlers’ overall Health and Growth

View details Nutrition for Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants
Nutrition for Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants

Nutrition for Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants

View details Early-life contributors to child well-being
Early-life contributors to child well-being (infographics)

Early-life contributors to child well-being

View details Annales 77.1 - Early-Life Contributors to Child Well-Being
Annales 77.1 - Early-Life Contributors to Child Well-Being  (publications)

Annales 77.1 - Early-Life Contributors to Child Well-Being

John F. Helliwell; Martin Codagnone; Catherine Stanton; Siobhain M. O'Mahony; Timothy Dinan; John Cryan; Lynne Allison Daniels; Mark Holder

View details Too many babies are born too small
Too many babies are born too small (news)

Too many babies are born too small

View details Study finds micronutrient deficiencies common at time of celiac disease diagnosis
Study finds micronutrient deficiencies common at time of celiac disease diagnosis (news)

Study finds micronutrient deficiencies common at time of celiac disease diagnosis

View details Pre-pregnancy micronutrient supplementation may be crucial to maternal health while expecting: RCT
Pre-pregnancy micronutrient supplementation may be crucial to maternal health while expecting: RCT (news)

Pre-pregnancy micronutrient supplementation may be crucial to maternal health while expecting: RCT

View details Low vitamin D at birth raises risk of higher blood pressure in kids
Low vitamin D at birth raises risk of higher blood pressure in kids (news)

Low vitamin D at birth raises risk of higher blood pressure in kids

View details High sugar levels during pregnancy could lead to childhood obesity
High sugar levels during pregnancy could lead to childhood obesity

High sugar levels during pregnancy could lead to childhood obesity

View details High fiber during pregnancy reduces risk of celiac disease in children, research finds
High fiber during pregnancy reduces risk of celiac disease in children, research finds (news)

High fiber during pregnancy reduces risk of celiac disease in children, research finds

View details What are Human Milk Oligosaccharides?
What are Human Milk Oligosaccharides? (videos)

What are Human Milk Oligosaccharides?

Elizabeth Forbes-Blom