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
Iron deficiency early in life can have long-lasting consequences for the brain (news)
Iron deficiency early in life can have long-lasting consequences for the brain

Iron deficiency early in life can have long-lasting consequences for the brain

New link between gut bacteria and obesity (news)
New link between gut bacteria and obesity

New link between gut bacteria and obesity

Lifestyle interventions cut gestational weight gain (news)
Lifestyle interventions cut gestational weight gain

Lifestyle interventions cut gestational weight gain

Descriptive phrases for how often food should be eaten helps preschoolers better understand healthy eating (news)
Descriptive phrases for how often food should be eaten helps preschoolers better understand healthy eating

Descriptive phrases for how often food should be eaten helps preschoolers better understand healthy eating

Newest data shows childhood obesity continues to increase (news)
Newest data shows childhood obesity continues to increase

Newest data shows childhood obesity continues to increase

Growth and Immunity – Early Nutrition Influence
Growth and Immunity – Early Nutrition Influence

Growth and Immunity – Early Nutrition Influence

91st Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop: Nurturing a Healthy Generation of Children (events)
91st Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop: Nurturing a Healthy Generation of Children

91st Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop: Nurturing a Healthy Generation of Children

Nutrition and Growth: Yearbook 2017 (publications)
Nutrition and Growth: Yearbook 2017

Nutrition and Growth: Yearbook 2017