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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Milk, Mucosal Immunity and the Microbiome: Impact on the Neonate

Lactation and the process of breastfeeding has been integral to the survival and long-term well-being of neonates and infants of most mammalian species. Mothers’ milk has been considered as a complete source of nutrition for the suckling infant from times immemorial, often with many magical healing powers. It is only in the past 2 centuries that significant scientific information has become available about the evolution of the mammary glands and the development of lactation and its impact on the suckling mammalian neonate. Since the observations of Paul Ehrlich over 120 years ago, it is now

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THE ROLE OF THE MATERNAL MICROBIOME IN GUT DEVELOPMENT

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ROLE OF DIET IN SHAPING THE INFANT MICROBIOME

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EARLY NUTRITION AND HEALTH: SHORT- & LONG- TERM OUTCOMES

EARLY NUTRITION AND HEALTH_SHORT AND LONG TERM OUTCOMES

EARLY NUTRITION AND HEALTH: SHORT- AND LONG-TERM RESULTS

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Early Nutrition and Health – Short and Long-term Consequences

The importance of early nutrition_ A practical Approach

The Importance of Early Nutrition – a Practical Approach

Appropriate Complementary Feeding for Optimal Growth and Immunity

Appropriate Complementary Feeding for Optimal Growth and Immunity

2020 Essential Newborn Care Training

2020 Essential Newborn Care Training

Kangaroo Mother Care- Theory (videos)

Kangaroo Mother Care- Theory

Growth Monitoring (Practical session) Part 2 (videos)

Growth Monitoring (Practical session) Part 2