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

Impact of Nutrition on Growth, Brain and Cognition (videos)
Impact of Nutrition on Growth, Brain and Cognition

Impact of Nutrition on Growth, Brain and Cognition

Maureen Black
Effects of Nutrition on the Development of Higher-Order Cognition (videos)
Effects of Nutrition on the Development of Higher-Order Cognition

Effects of Nutrition on the Development of Higher-Order Cognition

Peter Willatts
Neuroimaging of the Developing Brain & Impact of Nutrition (videos)
Neuroimaging of the Developing Brain & Impact of Nutrition

Neuroimaging of the Developing Brain & Impact of Nutrition

Sean Deoni
Standardized Measures of Cognition vs. Laboratory Tasks (videos)
Standardized Measures of Cognition vs. Laboratory Tasks

Standardized Measures of Cognition vs. Laboratory Tasks

John Colombo
Nutritionist’s Perspective on Behavioral Assessment (videos)
Nutritionist’s Perspective on Behavioral Assessment

Nutritionist’s Perspective on Behavioral Assessment

Susan E. Carlson
Micronutrients and Childhood Growth: Current Evidence & Progress (videos)
Micronutrients and Childhood Growth: Current Evidence & Progress

Micronutrients and Childhood Growth: Current Evidence & Progress

Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Causes of Stunting and Preventive Dietary Interventions in Pregnancy and Early Childhood (videos)
Causes of Stunting and Preventive Dietary Interventions in Pregnancy and Early Childhood

Causes of Stunting and Preventive Dietary Interventions in Pregnancy and Early Childhood

Robert E. Black
Complementary Feeding and Infant Growth: Timing, Composition and Mode of Feeding (videos)
Complementary Feeding and Infant Growth: Timing, Composition and Mode of Feeding

Complementary Feeding and Infant Growth: Timing, Composition and Mode of Feeding

Veit Grote