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Early Life Nutrition 2022
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- "Programming taste preferences in early life" by Associate Professor Cath Conlon, Massey University, Auckland.
- "Vegetables as first foods for babies" by Doctor Jeanette Rapson, Massey University, Auckland.
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World Iron Awareness Week 2022
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- "Nutrition for younger adults: Is your diet holding you back?" by Doctor Claire Badenhorst, Massey University, Auckland, NZ.
- "Nutrition for older adults: Getting the most out of your diet" by Professor Pamela von Hurst, Massey University, Auckland, NZ.
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Early Life Nutrition 2021
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- "An Introduction to Human Milk Oligosaccharides" by Professor Lars Bode, University of California, San Diego, USA.
- "Responsive feeding and translating baby’s communication cues at mealtimes" by Professor Marion Hetherington, University of Leeds, UK.
- "Early life nutrition and later health consequences" by Professor Wayne Cutfield, University of Auckland, NZ.
- "How nutrition influences the lives of preterm babies" by Dr Barbara Cormack, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
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World Iron Awareness Week 2021
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- "Why is iron so important in early life?" by Jeanette Rapson (NZRD, PhD Candidate, Massey University).
- "What’s new in the updated healthy eating guidelines for babies and toddlers?" by Associate Professor Cath Conlon (College of Health, Massey University).
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World Iron Awareness Week 2020
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"Preventing iron deficiency in early life"
Interactive webinar: "Why are some children so fussy about meat and vegetables?" by Professor Pamela von Hurst and Associate Professor Cath Conlon, Massey University, Auckland, and Emily Jones, Speech and Language Therapist.
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Early Life Nutrition 2020
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- "Vitamin D and respiratory infection in infants and children" by Professor Pamela von Hurst, Massey University, Auckland.
- "Fussy Eating" by Associate Professor Cath Conlon, Massey University, Auckland.
- "Food allergies and intolerances in early life" by Reena Soniassy-Unkovich, Senior Professional Clinician, Massey University.
- "Body Image in Early Motherhood" by Garalynne Stiles, New Zealand Registered Dietitian.
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Online lectures
"Failure to Thrive: The diaper pail of paediatric diagnoses" by Professor W. Frederick Schwenk
The term “failure to thrive” was first used in 1899 to describe an infant with decreased growth after being weaned from the breast. The term is NOT a diagnosis, but rather a sign. Problems with the term “failure to thrive” include that the term is too broad, and that it often causes unneeded anxiety.
Professor Schwenk, Professor of Paediatrics and the Maya Clinic College of Medicine (USA) discusses some alternative, more specific terms which describe different patterns of length and weight change for infants. He also outlines approaches to diagnosis and evaluation of infants who are failing to maintain their length and/or weight percentiles.