25th World Nutrition and Pediatrics Healthcare Conference

  Yes, you're right. Protein is the most important nutrient for children's final height. Height is influenced by minerals, mainly calcium, as well as vitamins A and D. As a result, malnutrition in childhood has a deleterious impact on height. Poor nutrition can cause young children to become stunted, that is, to be too short for their age. In fact, an estimated 159 million children under five worldwide are stunted due to chronic malnutrition. Linear growth retardation, resulting in stunting, begins in utero and continues into infancy and early childhood. Under nutrition during childhood leads children to have less energy and enthusiasm for studying, which has a negative impact on cognitive development and academic achievement. Physical growth and maturation are also affected by malnutrition, influencing growth rate, body weight, and, eventually, height. Overeating can prevent children from reaching their full height potential. Obese children experience an earlier beginni...

  Our brains work best when we eat a healthy, well-balanced diet. Foods rich in fatty acids, antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals nourish the brain while also protecting it from oxidative stress, which is the waste, produced when the body utilizes oxygen and can harm brain cells. Normal brain growth necessitates enough nourishment. Nutrition is especially critical during pregnancy and infancy, when the brain is forming and establishing the groundwork for cognitive, motor, and socio-emotional skills development throughout childhood and adulthood. Our brains work best when we eat a healthy, well-balanced diet. Foods rich in fatty acids, antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals nourish the brain while also protecting it from oxidative stress, which is the waste, produced when the body utilises oxygen and can harm brain cells. Memory, mood, and focus are all aided by proper nutrition, as the brain consumes more than 20% of our daily calories. According to research, the mechanisms that...

Children are not the face of this pandemic. But they risk being among its biggest victims. While they have thankfully been largely spared from the direct health effects of COVID-19 - at least to date – the crisis is having a profound effect on their wellbeing. All children, of all ages, and in all countries, are being affected, in particular by the socio-economic impacts and, in some cases, by mitigation measures that may inadvertently do more harm than good. This is a universal crisis and, for some children, the impact will be lifelong. Moreover, the harmful effects of this pandemic will not be distributed equally. They are expected to be most damaging for children in the poorest countries, and in the poorest neighbourhoods, and for those in already disadvantaged or vulnerable situations. So far, data suggests that children under the age of 18 years represent about 8.5% of reported cases, with relatively few deaths compared to other age groups and usually mild disease. However, ...