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
What are Human Milk Oligosaccharides? (videos)
What are Human Milk Oligosaccharides?

What are Human Milk Oligosaccharides?

Elizabeth Forbes-Blom
The Development of the Gut Microbiome and its Role (videos)
The Development of the Gut Microbiome and its Role

The Development of the Gut Microbiome and its Role

Liam O'Mahony
A first glance at optimized complementary feeding diets using linear programing (videos)
A first glance at optimized complementary feeding diets using linear programing

A first glance at optimized complementary feeding diets using linear programing

Jose (Pepe) M. Saavedra
Diet optimization using linear programing (videos)
Diet optimization using linear programing

Diet optimization using linear programing

Matthieu Maillot
Dietary recommendations for complementary feeding- what’s needed today? (videos)
Dietary recommendations for complementary feeding- what’s needed today?

Dietary recommendations for complementary feeding- what’s needed today?

Jennifer Orlet Fisher
Today's dietary patterns of infants and toddlers: What needs to change? (videos)
Today's dietary patterns of infants and toddlers: What needs to change?

Today's dietary patterns of infants and toddlers: What needs to change?

Johanna T. Dwyer
Human Milk Oligosaccharides support immune protection through the early life microbiome
Human Milk Oligosaccharides support immune protection through the early life microbiome

Human Milk Oligosaccharides support immune protection through the early life microbiome

Norbert Sprenger
When to Use Partial Whey Hydrolysates
When to Use Partial Whey Hydrolysates

When to Use Partial Whey Hydrolysates