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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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
Glutamatergic Gene Expression Mediates the Relationship between Gut Bacteria and Recognition Memory in Context of Milk Oligosaccharide Intake (videos)
Glutamatergic Gene Expression Mediates the Relationship between Gut Bacteria and Recognition Memory in Context of Milk Oligosaccharide Intake

Glutamatergic Gene Expression Mediates the Relationship between Gut Bacteria and Recognition Memory in Context of Milk Oligosaccharide Intake

Jonas Hauser
Video Teaser: How HMOs boost immunity (videos)
Video Teaser: How HMOs boost immunity

Video Teaser: How HMOs boost immunity

Yvan Vandenplas
What Toddlers Should and Should Not Eat (infographics)
What Toddlers Should and Should Not Eat

What Toddlers Should and Should Not Eat

Personalized Nutrition Management Across The Continuum of Care in COVID-19 Infection (videos)
Personalized Nutrition Management Across The Continuum of Care in COVID-19 Infection

Personalized Nutrition Management Across The Continuum of Care in COVID-19 Infection

Paul Wischmeyer
Video Teaser: Learnings from the last decade of clinical evidence on HMOs (videos)
Video Teaser: Learnings from the last decade of clinical evidence on HMOs

Video Teaser: Learnings from the last decade of clinical evidence on HMOs

Ryan Carvalho
Video Teaser: The Science of HMO's what they are and what they do (videos)
Video Teaser: The Science of HMO's what they are and what they do

Video Teaser: The Science of HMO's what they are and what they do

Lars Bode
HMO levels in breast milk do not correlate or predict infant growth and body composition during the first 4 months of life – A cohort study (videos)
HMO levels in breast milk do not correlate or predict infant growth and body composition during the first 4 months of life – A cohort study

HMO levels in breast milk do not correlate or predict infant growth and body composition during the first 4 months of life – A cohort study

Aristea Binia
Video Teaser: Lactation for infant feeding expertise (LIFE) focus on HMO's (videos)
Video Teaser: Lactation for infant feeding expertise (LIFE) focus on HMO's

Video Teaser: Lactation for infant feeding expertise (LIFE) focus on HMO's

Sagar K. Thakkar