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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The Relationship Between Nutrition, Brain, Cognition, Learning, and Behavior in School-Age Children: Systematic Evidence and Future Opportunities

The Relationship Between Nutrition, Brain, Cognition, Learning, and Behavior in School-Age Children: Systematic Evidence and Future Opportunities

School age (5–18 years) is a pivotal window for brain and cognitive development, yet nutrition‐related brain and…

Diandra Brkić
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The Importance of Breakfast in School-Aged Children

The Importance of Breakfast in School-Aged Children

Helena Gibson‐Moore
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Nourishing Transformative Changes as Children Grow

Nourishing Transformative Changes as Children Grow

Andrew Prentice
Interview with Marta Fiorotto: Muscle Growth (videos)
Interview with Marta Fiorotto: Muscle Growth

Interview with Marta Fiorotto: Muscle Growth

Marta L. Fiorotto
Interview with Robert Black: Causes of Stunting and Preventive Dietary Interventions in Pregnancy and Early Childhood (videos)
Interview with Robert Black: Causes of Stunting and Preventive Dietary Interventions in Pregnancy and Early Childhood

Interview with Robert Black: Causes of Stunting and Preventive Dietary Interventions in Pregnancy and Early Childhood

Interview with Ernst B Hunziker: Bone Growth - Growth in Height Occurs at the Growth Plate (videos)
Interview with Ernst B Hunziker: Bone Growth - Growth in Height Occurs at the Growth Plate

Interview with Ernst B Hunziker: Bone Growth - Growth in Height Occurs at the Growth Plate

Interview with John Colombo: Standardized Measures of Cognition vs Laboratory Tasks (videos)
Interview with John Colombo: Standardized Measures of Cognition vs Laboratory Tasks

Interview with John Colombo: Standardized Measures of Cognition vs Laboratory Tasks

John Colombo
Interview with Michelle Lampl: The Implications of Growth as a Time Specific Event (videos)
Interview with Michelle Lampl: The Implications of Growth as a Time Specific Event

Interview with Michelle Lampl: The Implications of Growth as a Time Specific Event

Interview with Berthold Koletzko: Infant Formula Composition and Growth (videos)
Interview with Berthold Koletzko: Infant Formula Composition and Growth

Interview with Berthold Koletzko: Infant Formula Composition and Growth

Interview with Samuli Rautava: Microbial Composition of the Initial Colonization of Newborns (videos)
Interview with Samuli Rautava: Microbial Composition of the Initial Colonization of Newborns

Interview with Samuli Rautava: Microbial Composition of the Initial Colonization of Newborns

Interview with Allan Walker: The Importance of Normal Colonization of the Newborn in Immune Development (videos)
Interview with Allan Walker: The Importance of Normal Colonization of the Newborn in Immune Development

Interview with Allan Walker: The Importance of Normal Colonization of the Newborn in Immune Development