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 Faster weight gain in infancy predicts higher blood pressure in early childhood
Faster weight gain in infancy predicts higher blood pressure in early childhood (news)

Faster weight gain in infancy predicts higher blood pressure in early childhood

View details HMOs in maternal and prenatal applications? Study uncovers presence in amniotic fluid
HMOs in maternal and prenatal applications? Study uncovers presence in amniotic fluid (news)

HMOs in maternal and prenatal applications? Study uncovers presence in amniotic fluid

View details 'Loss of the Mediterranean diet': Children in Southern Europe more at risk of severe obesity, WHO finds
'Loss of the Mediterranean diet': Children in Southern Europe more at risk of severe obesity, WHO finds (news)

'Loss of the Mediterranean diet': Children in Southern Europe more at risk of severe obesity, WHO finds

View details Maternal gestational diabetes linked to diabetes in children
Maternal gestational diabetes linked to diabetes in children (news)

Maternal gestational diabetes linked to diabetes in children

View details Early lipids boost brain growth for vulnerable micro-preemies
Early lipids boost brain growth for vulnerable micro-preemies

Early lipids boost brain growth for vulnerable micro-preemies

View details Screen time plus snacking a risk for metabolic disorder in teens
Screen time plus snacking a risk for metabolic disorder in teens (news)

Screen time plus snacking a risk for metabolic disorder in teens

View details Maternal Diet During Pregnancy May Modulate the Risk of ADHD Symptoms in Children
Maternal Diet During Pregnancy May Modulate the Risk of ADHD Symptoms in Children (news)

Maternal Diet During Pregnancy May Modulate the Risk of ADHD Symptoms in Children

View details Optimal Vitamin D Nutrition and Health in Childhood
Optimal Vitamin D Nutrition and Health in Childhood (videos)

Optimal Vitamin D Nutrition and Health in Childhood

Professor Steven Abrams

View details Nutritional Deficiencies: Links with Cognitive and Social Development Among Infants and Toddlers
Nutritional Deficiencies: Links with Cognitive and Social Development Among Infants and Toddlers (videos)

Nutritional Deficiencies: Links with Cognitive and Social Development Among Infants and Toddlers

Professor Maureen Black

View details Nutritional Landscape and Dietary Patterns in Infants and Toddlers: Challenges and Opportunities
Nutritional Landscape and Dietary Patterns in Infants and Toddlers: Challenges and Opportunities (videos)

Nutritional Landscape and Dietary Patterns in Infants and Toddlers: Challenges and Opportunities

Anne Dattilo

View details Evidence-based Medicine and HMOs: Where Are We Now? Where Are We Going? Hania Szajewska
Evidence-based Medicine and HMOs: Where Are We Now? Where Are We Going? Hania Szajewska  (videos)

Evidence-based Medicine and HMOs: Where Are We Now? Where Are We Going? Hania Szajewska

Hania Szajewska

View details An Introduction to the Basic science and Complexity of Human Milk Oligosaccharides
An Introduction to the Basic science and Complexity of Human Milk Oligosaccharides (videos)

An Introduction to the Basic science and Complexity of Human Milk Oligosaccharides

Professor Lars Bode

View details Annales 76.3 Allergic or Pseudo-Allergic Gastrointestinal Disorders
Annales 76.3 Allergic or Pseudo-Allergic Gastrointestinal Disorders (publications)

Annales 76.3 Allergic or Pseudo-Allergic Gastrointestinal Disorders

Frank Rümmele

View details The Nest 44: Pro-, Pre-, and Synbiotics: Myths and Facts
The Nest 44: Pro-, Pre-, and Synbiotics: Myths and Facts (publications)

The Nest 44: Pro-, Pre-, and Synbiotics: Myths and Facts

Hania Szajewska; Clemens Kunz; Yvan Vandenplas

View details A Narrative Review of Childhood Picky Eating and Its Relationship to Food Intakes, Nutritional Status, and Growth
A Narrative Review of Childhood Picky Eating and Its Relationship to Food Intakes, Nutritional Status, and Growth (news)

A Narrative Review of Childhood Picky Eating and Its Relationship to Food Intakes, Nutritional Status, and Growth

View details Nutritional habit change urged in pregnant women as omega-3 intakes ‘very low’
Nutritional habit change urged in pregnant women as omega-3 intakes ‘very low’  (news)

Nutritional habit change urged in pregnant women as omega-3 intakes ‘very low’