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

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

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