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

Study links vitamin A levels to infant growth  (news)
Study links vitamin A levels to infant growth

Study links vitamin A levels to infant growth

NNIW91 - Nurturing a Healthy Generation of Children: Research Gaps and Opportunities
NNIW91 - Nurturing a Healthy Generation of Children: Research Gaps and Opportunities

NNIW91 - Nurturing a Healthy Generation of Children: Research Gaps and Opportunities

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NNIW91 - Nurturing a Healthy Generation of Children: Research Gaps and Opportunities (publications)
NNIW91 - Nurturing a Healthy Generation of Children: Research Gaps and Opportunities

NNIW91 - Nurturing a Healthy Generation of Children: Research Gaps and Opportunities

Co-Authored by 4 Experts
ASN 2018 - Samuel J. Fomon Award for Young Investigators (news)
ASN 2018 - Samuel J. Fomon Award for Young Investigators

ASN 2018 - Samuel J. Fomon Award for Young Investigators

Which targeted nutritional approaches can bolster micro-preemies' brain development?  (news)
Which targeted nutritional approaches can bolster micro-preemies' brain development?

Which targeted nutritional approaches can bolster micro-preemies' brain development?

Risk factors involved in the early onset and severity of childhood obesity  (news)
Risk factors involved in the early onset and severity of childhood obesity

Risk factors involved in the early onset and severity of childhood obesity

Researchers find gut microbiome plays an important role in atherosclerosis  (news)
Researchers find gut microbiome plays an important role in atherosclerosis

Researchers find gut microbiome plays an important role in atherosclerosis

Prenatal vitamin D tied to lower risk of underweight babies and birth defects  (news)
Prenatal vitamin D tied to lower risk of underweight babies and birth defects

Prenatal vitamin D tied to lower risk of underweight babies and birth defects