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
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 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
Metabolic regulation of infant growth (videos)
Metabolic regulation of infant growth

Metabolic regulation of infant growth

Berthold Koletzko
Breastfeeding, Breast Milk Composition, and Growth Outcomes (videos)
Breastfeeding, Breast Milk Composition, and Growth Outcomes

Breastfeeding, Breast Milk Composition, and Growth Outcomes

Kim F. Michaelsen
Bone as Central to Metabolism (videos)
Bone as Central to Metabolism

Bone as Central to Metabolism

Thomas L. Clemens