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WEBINAR: The Centricity of Childhood Nutrition – Products defining their Health Trajectories
August 12 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CDT

The first 1,000 days get a lot of attention in clinical nutrition, but the developmental opportunity in childhood does not close at age two. In this session sponsored by Vital Nutrients, Dr. Meag Purdy makes the case for why childhood nutrition is preventive medicine at its highest leverage point, and why the standard approach to pediatric supplementation falls short of what the literature actually supports.
Attendees will leave with a working understanding of:
- Which biological systems remain nutritionally sensitive well into middle childhood, including the gut microbiome, iron-dependent myelination, and epigenetic programming
- The phytonutrient gap in children’s diets and how to address it
- The food matrix argument for whole-food sourced nutrients and its clinical implications for pediatric formulation
- The multimechanistic role of lactoferrin beyond passive immunity, including iron trafficking, microbiome modulation, and mucosal immune regulation

