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
Nutrient intakes of infants and toddlers from maternal and child care centres in urban areas of China, based on one 24-hour dietary recall. (publications)
Nutrient intakes of infants and toddlers from maternal and child care centres in urban areas of China, based on one 24-hour dietary recall.

Nutrient intakes of infants and toddlers from maternal and child care centres in urban areas of China, based on one 24-hour dietary recall.

Co-Authored by 8 Experts
Study shows children drinking age-appropriate milk have higher micronutrient intake (publications)
Study shows children drinking age-appropriate milk have higher micronutrient intake

Study shows children drinking age-appropriate milk have higher micronutrient intake

Co-Authored by 5 Experts
Vitamin D During Pregnancy May Benefit Children’s Bones (news)
Vitamin D During Pregnancy May Benefit Children’s Bones

Vitamin D During Pregnancy May Benefit Children’s Bones

Content of HMO 2FL in breast milk is associated with higher cognitive development scores at 2 years (news)
Content of HMO 2FL in breast milk is associated with higher cognitive development scores at 2 years

Content of HMO 2FL in breast milk is associated with higher cognitive development scores at 2 years

Less active infants had greater fat accumulation (news)
Less active infants had greater fat accumulation

Less active infants had greater fat accumulation

Let babies be in charge of how much they eat – it could help them stay a healthy weight (news)
Let babies be in charge of how much they eat – it could help them stay a healthy weight

Let babies be in charge of how much they eat – it could help them stay a healthy weight

Launching the AAP Pediatric Nutrition 8th Edition (news)
Launching the AAP Pediatric Nutrition 8th Edition

Launching the AAP Pediatric Nutrition 8th Edition

Preemies face higher risk of diabetes as children and young adults (news)
Preemies face higher risk of diabetes as children and young adults

Preemies face higher risk of diabetes as children and young adults