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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The Relationship Between Nutrition, Brain, Cognition, Learning, and Behavior in School-Age Children: Systematic Evidence and Future Opportunities

The Relationship Between Nutrition, Brain, Cognition, Learning, and Behavior in School-Age Children: Systematic Evidence and Future Opportunities

School age (5–18 years) is a pivotal window for brain and cognitive development, yet nutrition‐related brain and…

Diandra Brkić
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The Importance of Breakfast in School-Aged Children

The Importance of Breakfast in School-Aged Children

Helena Gibson‐Moore
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Nourishing Transformative Changes as Children Grow

Nourishing Transformative Changes as Children Grow

Andrew Prentice
NNIW95: Nutrition effects on Brain and Cognition in Children (videos)
NNIW95: Nutrition effects on Brain and Cognition in Children

NNIW95: Nutrition effects on Brain and Cognition in Children

Naiman Khan
NNIW95: Physical Activity, Brain and Cognition (videos)
NNIW95: Physical Activity, Brain and Cognition

NNIW95: Physical Activity, Brain and Cognition

Charles Hillman
NNIW95: Dietary Sugars, as sour as they are made out to be? (videos)
NNIW95: Dietary Sugars, as sour as they are made out to be?

NNIW95: Dietary Sugars, as sour as they are made out to be?

Dennis Bier
NNIW95: Micronutrients needs for children 1-3 years of age (videos)
NNIW95: Micronutrients needs for children 1-3 years of age

NNIW95: Micronutrients needs for children 1-3 years of age

Steven Abrams
NNIW95: Introducing hard-to-like foods to infants and toddlers: Perspectives from moms and young children (videos)
NNIW95: Introducing hard-to-like foods to infants and toddlers: Perspectives from moms and young children

NNIW95: Introducing hard-to-like foods to infants and toddlers: Perspectives from moms and young children

Susan Johnson
NNIW95: Taste development, perception and food preference in young children (videos)
NNIW95: Taste development, perception and food preference in young children

NNIW95: Taste development, perception and food preference in young children

Catherine Forestell
NNIW95: Transition from Breastfeeding & complementary feeding to "toddler nutrition" in childcare settings (videos)
NNIW95: Transition from Breastfeeding & complementary feeding to "toddler nutrition" in childcare settings

NNIW95: Transition from Breastfeeding & complementary feeding to "toddler nutrition" in childcare settings

Lorrene Ritchie
NNIW95: Obesity in Toddlers and Young Children: Causes and Consequences (videos)
NNIW95: Obesity in Toddlers and Young Children: Causes and Consequences

NNIW95: Obesity in Toddlers and Young Children: Causes and Consequences

Atul Singhal