NNI Workshop Series

The NNI and WNSC 102 Workshop, “Growing Strong: Harnessing the Power of Nutrition for Child Health,” explored the critical role of optimal nutrition in shaping growth patterns, promoting healthy development, and ensuring proper nourishment for the brain, bones, and overall growth. It also examined the influence of environmental factors and exposures, along with strategies to optimize these elements. Additionally, the workshop delved into the impact of nutrition on growth and the long-term risk of non-communicable diseases, with a focus on interventions during preconception, fetal development

The NNI and WNSC 101 Workshop, “Nutrition, microbiome and health: latest findings and future research,” explored the significant role of the human microbiome in bodily functions and health. The workshop covered various aspects, such as the ecological patterns of the gut microbiome in early life and the influence of parental microbiome programming. It also examined how nutrition shapes microbiome maturation, with a focus on the importance of breastmilk. Looking forward, the future of microbiome research was debated, including the potential of artificial intelligence and microbiome-based

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