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NNI BITES, BIG LEARNINGS is a comprehensive podcast series that brings together esteemed experts from across the globe to explore the latest advancements in pediatric and maternal nutrition. With a practical approach, each episode offers valuable insights and actionable knowledge, empowering clinicians to effectively translate the latest scientific findings into their clinical practice. This podcast series serves as an useful resource, providing clinicians with a wealth of information to address various nutritional challenges and find innovative solutions.
Milestones in Maternal Nutrition - Healthy Weight Management in Pregnancy - Episode 10
In this episode of Milestones in Maternal Nutrition, Professor Andrew Prentice speaks with Dr. Nandita Perumal about healthy weight management before and during pregnancy. Dr. Perumal explains how being underweight and overweight can impair fertility, while obesity increases the risk of complications including miscarriage, neural tube defects, gestational diabetes, hypertensive disorders, preterm birth and adverse neonatal outcomes. The discussion explores current recommendations for gestational weight gain, diet and physical activity, highlighting emerging evidence that weight gain targets may need to be individualized according to the degree of maternal obesity. Together, they examine the challenges of translating lifestyle interventions into practice and the importance of supporting healthy weight before conception to improve outcomes for both mothers and their children.
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4 Jun 2026
Milestones in Maternal Nutrition - Drivers and Consequences of Low Birth Weight - Episode 9
In this episode of Milestones in Maternal Nutrition, Professor Andrew Prentice speaks with Professor Parul Christian about the drivers and lifelong consequences of low birth weight. Professor Christian explains how nutritional factors such as maternal undernutrition, inadequate gestational weight gain, anemia, and multiple micronutrient deficiencies contribute to preterm birth and fetal growth restriction, which are major underlying causes of low birth weight. The discussion highlights the growing shift from focusing on single nutrients to improving overall maternal nutrition through balanced energy, protein and multiple micronutrient supplementation. Together, they explore how low birth weight increases the risk of poor growth, stunting, infection, and developmental challenges throughout childhood and later life, underscoring the importance of maternal nutrition across the first 1,000 days.
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3 Jun 2026
Milestones in Maternal Nutrition - INTERGROWTH-21st Project - Episode 8
In this episode of Milestones in Maternal Nutrition, Professor Andrew Prentice and Professor Stephen Kennedy talk about the INTERGROWTH-21st Project and its contribution to the assessment of fetal and newborn growth worldwide. Professor Kennedy explains the development of international fetal growth, birth weight and preterm growth standards to address the limitations of locally derived reference charts. The discussion explores how this project demonstrated that fetal growth and newborn size are remarkably similar across populations when health, nutrition and environmental conditions are optimal. Together, they examine how these standards have improved the identification of growth abnormalities, assessment of small-for-gestational-age and preterm infants, and the consistency of maternal and newborn care globally.
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