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.

Mediterranean diet may help protect older adults from becoming frail

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

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

Annales 75.3 - Meeting the Iron Needs of Young Children

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

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

Interview with Erika Isolauri: Early Life Nutrition and Microbiome Development

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