Nutrition, Health and Wellness

With vast clinical problems persisting in the world today, the role of nutrition for overall health, and prevention and treatment of diseases may sometimes be overlooked.

In this section you will find extensive research on the therapeutic role of diet, including resources for dietary guidelines and nutrition screening & assessment. We also cover requirements and recommendations for food safety, healthy eating, nutrients and hydration.

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NNIW100 Publication
NNIW100 - Shaping The Future with Nutrition

NNIW100 - Shaping The Future with Nutrition

With the theme “Shaping The Future with Nutrition,” NNIW100’s first session looked at current understanding of the fundamentals of maternal and child nutrition, and the different factors that shape an individual’s health and wellbeing such as maternal preconception nutrition, mode of birth, infant nutrition, breastfeeding and human milk research, complementary feeding practices, environmental factors and more. The second session also examined food dietary habits for optimal development, wherein speakers highlighted a strong evidence base for the nutritional approach that supports good health

Food, planet and health: A complex equation to solve
Food, planet and health: A complex equation to solve

Food, planet and health: A complex equation to solve

Zakari Ali
Eating better: Enhancing health, sustainability, and food security
Eating better: Enhancing health, sustainability, and food security

Eating better: Enhancing health, sustainability, and food security

Kevin Chen
Development, Epigenetics & Metabolic Programming
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Development, Epigenetics & Metabolic Programming

Development, Epigenetics & Metabolic Programming

Keith Godfrey
Obesity, Pre-diabetes and Diabetes in Adolecents and Women
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Obesity, Pre-diabetes and Diabetes in Adolecents and Women

Obesity, Pre-diabetes and Diabetes in Adolecents and Women

Zohra S. Lassi
Building the Costly Human Brain
Building the Costly Human Brain

Building the Costly Human Brain

Christopher Kuzawa
Protein needs for endurance athletes
Protein needs for endurance athletes

Protein needs for endurance athletes

Naomi Cermak
Basics of Complementary Feeding
Basics of Complementary Feeding

Basics of Complementary Feeding

Randy P. Urtula
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Endocrine/Metabolic biomarkers predicting early childhood obesity risk

Endocrine/Metabolic biomarkers predicting early childhood obesity risk

Piotr Socha
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Human Milk Fortification

Human Milk Fortification

Karen Simmer
Breast Feeding - Experiences of Rural African Women
Breast Feeding - Experiences of Rural African Women

Breast Feeding - Experiences of Rural African Women

Helen M. Nabwera