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

Mediterranean diet may help protect older adults from becoming frail  (news)
Mediterranean diet may help protect older adults from becoming frail

Mediterranean diet may help protect older adults from becoming frail

Learning to make healthy choices can counter the effects of large portions  (news)
Learning to make healthy choices can counter the effects of large portions

Learning to make healthy choices can counter the effects of large portions

Eating more foods with choline during pregnancy could boost baby’s brain  (news)
Eating more foods with choline during pregnancy could boost baby’s brain

Eating more foods with choline during pregnancy could boost baby’s brain

Annales 75.3 - Meeting the Iron Needs of Young Children (publications)
Annales 75.3 - Meeting the Iron Needs of Young Children

Annales 75.3 - Meeting the Iron Needs of Young Children

Andrew Prentice
Interview with Alan Lucas: Breast Feeding and Health – a Biological Perspective (videos)
Interview with Alan Lucas: Breast Feeding and Health – a Biological Perspective

Interview with Alan Lucas: Breast Feeding and Health – a Biological Perspective

Interview with Ferdinand Haschke: Early Life Nutrition and Growth Trajectories and Metabolic Outcomes (videos)
Interview with Ferdinand Haschke: Early Life Nutrition and Growth Trajectories and Metabolic Outcomes

Interview with Ferdinand Haschke: Early Life Nutrition and Growth Trajectories and Metabolic Outcomes

Ferdinand Haschke
Interview with Erika Isolauri: Early Life Nutrition and Microbiome Development (videos)
Interview with Erika Isolauri: Early Life Nutrition and Microbiome Development

Interview with Erika Isolauri: Early Life Nutrition and Microbiome Development

Interview with Lindsay Allen: Water-Soluble Vitamins in Breast Milk (videos)
Interview with Lindsay Allen: Water-Soluble Vitamins in Breast Milk

Interview with Lindsay Allen: Water-Soluble Vitamins in Breast Milk