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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Annales 74.3 - Human Milk: Lessons from Recent Research (publications)
Feeding Practices in the Introduction of Complementary Feeding and Implications for Future Healthy Eating

Feeding Practices in the Introduction of Complementary Feeding and Implications for Future Healthy Eating

Complementary feeding period begins when human milk or formula alone can no longer meet an infant’s nutritional needs…

Annales 74.3 - Human Milk: Lessons from Recent Research (publications)
Biological and Experiential Factors That Impact the Acceptance of Complementary Foods

Biological and Experiential Factors That Impact the Acceptance of Complementary Foods

Annales 74.3 - Human Milk: Lessons from Recent Research (publications)
Prevention of Food Allergy: Harmonizing Perspectives from the East and West

Prevention of Food Allergy: Harmonizing Perspectives from the East and West

Researchers find gene that makes some infants susceptible to respiratory and gastrointestinal illness (publications)
Researchers find gene that makes some infants susceptible to respiratory and gastrointestinal illness

Researchers find gene that makes some infants susceptible to respiratory and gastrointestinal illness

Importance of infant diet in establishing a healthy gut  (news)
Importance of infant diet in establishing a healthy gut

Importance of infant diet in establishing a healthy gut

Poor breakfast quality has a negative effect on cardiovascular health in childhood  (news)
Poor breakfast quality has a negative effect on cardiovascular health in childhood

Poor breakfast quality has a negative effect on cardiovascular health in childhood

New research shows Fucosylated oligosaccharides in mother’s milk may alleviate effects of caesarean birth on infant gut microbiota (news)
New research shows Fucosylated oligosaccharides in mother’s milk may alleviate effects of caesarean birth on infant gut microbiota

New research shows Fucosylated oligosaccharides in mother’s milk may alleviate effects of caesarean birth on infant gut microbiota

Omega-3 and pregnancy: New Cochrane Review reveals reduced risk of pre-term births  (news)
Omega-3 and pregnancy: New Cochrane Review reveals reduced risk of pre-term births

Omega-3 and pregnancy: New Cochrane Review reveals reduced risk of pre-term births

Human Milk Oligosaccharides - Benefits for the Breastfed Infant and Beyond (videos)
Human Milk Oligosaccharides - Benefits for the Breastfed Infant and Beyond

Human Milk Oligosaccharides - Benefits for the Breastfed Infant and Beyond

Lars Bode
 Recent Concepts in Human Milk Fortification (videos)
Recent Concepts in Human Milk Fortification

Recent Concepts in Human Milk Fortification

Jean-Charles Picaud
Quality of life in infants with functional gastrointestinal disorders: a large prospective observational study (videos)
Quality of life in infants with functional gastrointestinal disorders: a large prospective observational study

Quality of life in infants with functional gastrointestinal disorders: a large prospective observational study

Camille Jung