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 future of HMOs ESPGHAN 2024

The future of HMOs ESPGHAN 2024

In this NNI symposia at ESPGHAN 2024, three experts speak more about the future of HMOs, and how moving towards synbiotics can be a means to optimize health benefits. Prof. Lorella Gianni shares updates regarding many complementary functions of HMOs, and its role in supporting gut and immune development in early life, which may be used to address and potentially prevent health conditions such as allergies and infections. Prof. Jean-Charles Picaud discusses the results of a clinical study with a synbiotic blend of six HMOs and strain specific probiotics showing positive influence on the infant

Co-Authored by 3 Experts
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The Nest 53: Complementary Feeding: What, When, How and Why

Learning to Eat Infographic

Learning to Eat: How Food Preferences and Eating Habits are Formed Early in Life

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Midwife News Healthy For the Future! Vol. 3 - 2023

Iron Adequacy made easy with Iron-Fortified Infant Cereal

Iron Adequacy made easy with Iron-Fortified Infant Cereal

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Iron-Fortified Foods Are Needed To Meet the Estimated Average Requirement for Iron in Australian Infants Aged 6 to 12 Months

Co-Authored by 5 Experts
ian macdonald keynote speaker nniw100

Keynote lecture, lan Macdonald

Ian A. Macdonald
shiao yng chan nniw100

An offspring's health starts before conception, Shiao-Yng Chan

Shiao-Yng Chan
Norbert sprenger at nniw100

Human milk benefit research, more to learn? Norbert Sprenger

Norbert Sprenger
Bernadette Benitez at NNIW100

Better early: Critical windows in brain and cognitive development, Bernadette Benitez

Bernadette Benitez
marlou lasschujt at nniw100

Taste the difference, Marlou Lasschuijt

Marlou Lasschuijt