33^rd European Nutrition and Dietetics Conference

Pediatric, Maternal & Lifespan Nutritional Optimization

Pediatric, Maternal & Lifespan Nutritional Optimization addresses the critical nutritional needs across developmental stages, from prenatal health to aging. Early-life nutrition profoundly influences immune development, cognitive function, metabolic programming, and long-term disease risk. Maternal nutrient adequacy, breastfeeding strategies, and complementary feeding practices shape foundational health trajectories. In childhood and adolescence, nutrition supports growth, hormonal regulation, and neurodevelopment. As individuals age, dietary needs shift toward maintaining muscle mass, bone density, metabolic efficiency, and cognitive resilience. Lifespan nutrition integrates evidence-based dietary approaches tailored to each life stage, considering physiological, hormonal, and metabolic variations. Advances in pediatric dietetics, gestational nutrition science, and geriatric nutritional therapy provide deeper insights into personalized dietary strategies that optimize health across the entire lifespan.