Toddlers have high nutritional requirements relative to their size
To support their rapid growth and development, toddlers need more nutrients than an adult, per kg bodyweight.
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
Publications
Optimal Nutrition & Gut Health- Cornerstone Of Toddler Development
This article aims to deliver a critical review of the management of functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) and the importance of probiotics (Lactobacillus reuteri) to strengthen the gut defense in toddlers.
Videos
COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING AND INFANT GROWTH
Understand the next stage of infant nutrition or complementary feeding – the timing, composition of foods and the mode of feeding.
View the webinar about Anemia In Pregnancy by Dr. (Prof.) Gita Ganguly Mukherjee presented at Nestlé Nutrition Institute, Kolkata.
Effects of Iron deficiency on Physical and Mental functions in Children: Nestle
View the webinar about Effects of Iron deficiency on Physical and Mental functions in Children by Dr. Md. Sirajul Islam presented at Nestlé Nutrition
Conferences
Latest News
Effect of Fortified Complementary Food Supplementation on the Growth Outcomes of Children
Fortified Complementary Food Supplements: Effects on Child GrowthAn unblinded, community-based, cluster-randomised controlled trial evaluating the
Prenatal Iron-Folate Supplementation: Effects on Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes
A study published in The Journal of Nutrition assessed the effects of prenatal iron-folate supplementation on maternal and neonatal iron status. For