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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Feeding children with gastrointestinal impairment

Feeding children with GI impairment ESPGHAN 2024

Children with gastrointestinal impairments, including those with neurological diseases, congenital heart disease, short bowel syndrome, neuromuscular disorders, and cancer, often face significant nutritional challenges. Addressing these challenges requires careful consideration of nutritional strategies and enteral formula selection to ensure optimal health outcomes for these vulnerable patient populations. In this NNI Symposium at ESPGHAN 2024, experts Prof. Claudio Romano, Prof. Antonella Diamant, and Dr. Graeme O’Connor, detail these conditions, risks for malnutrition, and the various

Flavia Indrio NNIW101

Gut bone axis: Clinical implications

Co-Authored by 3 Experts
Siddarth Ventakesh

Microbiome-targeted dietary regiments to combat pediatric malnutrition

Sid Venkatesh
Iron Adequacy made easy with Iron-Fortified Infant Cereal

Iron Adequacy made easy with Iron-Fortified Infant Cereal

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Iron-Fortified Foods Are Needed To Meet the Estimated Average Requirement for Iron in Australian Infants Aged 6 to 12 Months

Co-Authored by 5 Experts
ian macdonald keynote speaker nniw100

Keynote lecture, lan Macdonald

Ian A. Macdonald
shiao yng chan nniw100

An offspring's health starts before conception, Shiao-Yng Chan

Shiao-Yng Chan
Norbert sprenger at nniw100

Human milk benefit research, more to learn? Norbert Sprenger

Norbert Sprenger
Bernadette Benitez at NNIW100

Better early: Critical windows in brain and cognitive development, Bernadette Benitez

Bernadette Benitez
marlou lasschujt at nniw100

Taste the difference, Marlou Lasschuijt

Marlou Lasschuijt
eslam elbaroudy at nniw100

Strategies to develop balanced dietary habits, Eslam ElBaroudy

Eslam Elbaroudy