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
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Human growth patterns – an evolutionary and cross-species perspective

Human growth patterns – an evolutionary and cross-species perspective

Andrew Prentice
Regulation of Healthy Growth in Young Humans
The regulation of heathy growth in young humans

The regulation of heathy growth in young humans

Linda Adair
Critical and sensitive periods in child development
Critical and sensitive periods in child development

Critical and sensitive periods in child development

Ahmad Suryawan
Nourishing healthy brain growth and development in young children
Nourishing healthy brain growth and development in young children

Nourishing healthy brain growth and development in young children

Sarah Cusick
Global and secular trends in patterns of child growth
Global and secular trends in patterns of child growth

Global and secular trends in patterns of child growth

Aryeh Stein
Examining the role of environmental exposures on child growth and development
Examining the role of environmental exposures on child growth and development

Examining the role of environmental exposures on child growth and development

Usha Ramakrishnan
Impact of gut microbiome on child musculoskeletal health and development
Impact of gut microbiome on child musculoskeletal health and development

Impact of gut microbiome on child musculoskeletal health and development

Nicolas Bonnet
Future-ready: The importance of nutrition during adolescence
Future-ready: The importance of nutrition during adolescence

Future-ready: The importance of nutrition during adolescence

Hema Divakar