Breastfeeding and Metabolic Programming

Özlem Naciye Şahin MD, Associate Professor in Pediatrics. She is currently working as a Pediatrician at the Acibadem University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, in Bodrum, Turkey. She graduated from the İstanbul University, Faculty of Medicine, in 2001. She did her residency at Ege University, Medical Faculty Department of Pediatrics between 2001 and 2006.  She completed her PhD in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry in 2021. She is the author of several book chapters and papers.  Despina Briana MD, Associate Professor in Pediatrics-Neonatology, Consultant in Neonatology, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Third Department of Pediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. She graduated from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School with an “Excellent” degree at 2000. She was licensed in Full Clinical Practice at UK in 2008, in General Pediatrics by Board of Pediatrics in 2009, and in Neonatal Intensive Care in 2012. She was participated in several funded national and international research protocols and clinical trials since 200^50 Greek Congresses as an Invited speaker. She had participated more than 100 studies in International Congress and 80 studies in Greek Congresses.She is working as associate editor for the “Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine” and Editor for “Frontiers in Reproductive Health” journals. She has many awards and administrative skills. Her ongoing responsibilities are teaching medical students and pediatric residents at Third Department of Pediatrics, NKUA, teaching in the Master’s Degree PhD programs.Gian Carlo Di Renzo MD, PhD, FRCOG (hon) FACOG (hon) FICOG (hon); Secretary General of NESA, Universities of Perugia, Italy and Moscow, Russia. Prof. Di Renzo is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maternal Fetal Medicine, Coordinator of the Reproductive and Perinatal Medicine Center at the University of Perugia and Founder and Director of the Permanent International and European School of Perinatal and Reproductive Medicine (PREIS) in Florence. He is also full Professor at the Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the I.M. Sechenov First State University of Moscow since 2019 and at Ott Research Institute of St Petersburg, Russia since 2022. He is coordinating the Women’s Library (GLOWM) Educational platform of FIGO after being General Secretary for two terms (2012-2018. He is Secretary General of the New European Surgical Academy (NESA) since 2010. He holds multiple other positions including Founder & Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, corresponding Editor of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Hon Editor in Chief of the Chinese Journal “Maternal Fetal-Medicine”. He was an Advisory Board Member for the March of Dimes Foundation based in New York (2012-2018). Further, he is honorary member of 42 different scientific societies among which a fellow ad eundem of RCOG and a Honorary Fellow of American ACOG and of Indian ICOG. He is also member of the WHO Strategic Committee on “Maternal and Perinatal health”. Prof. Di Renzo is an Honorary Professor and Doctor Honoris Causa in Medicine and Surgery at respectively 15 and 6 different Universities throughout Europe, Asia, South America, and the United States. He is an Academic Member of the Romanian and Russian Academy of Sciences. Prof. Di Renzo has received six awards for his work in human reproduction and maternal-infant's health, scientific research, and teaching. He has organized more than 400 international congresses and courses, some of these are held regularly as Diabetes in Pregnancy: DIP, Birth, World Congress of Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, TWINS. His scientific production comprises over 1,500 papers of which more than 470 have been published in peer reviewed international journals and more than 100 books. He has been an invited speaker in over 1,500 national and international congresses and meetings and in academic courses in over 115 countries.

• Section 1: Overview: Breastfeeding: Maternal Tie to Her Baby.-Breast Milk as a Biological System .- Benefits of Breastfeeding.- Lactation Physiology.- Regulation of Breast Milk Supply.- Breast Milk Oligosaccharides.- Maternal Nutrition and Breast Milk Composition .- Microbiota Composition of Breast Milk.- Communication through Emotions during Breastfeeding.- Section 2: Metabolic Programming : Evolution and Genomics of Milk.- Early Life Programming Molecules.- The Role of Breast Milk in Epigenetic Programming.- Breast Milk Metabolome and Potential Long Term Effects in Infant.- The Biological Dialogue between Infant and the Mother via Breast Milk mRNA.- Genetic Causes of Obesity .- Epigenetic Causes of Obesity.- Gestational Diabetes and Variations in Milk Composition .- Maternal PUFA Supplementation and Epigenetic Influences on Fat Tissue.- Breast Milk Proteases.- Breast Milk and Leptin Resistance.- Effects of metabolism on embriyonic stem cells.- Section 3: Breastfeedingand Neuro-developmental Programming: Neural maturation of breastfed infants.- Breastfeeding and motor development in preterm and term infants.- Breastfeeding intelligence and social-language development.- Breastfeeding and  neuroinflamation.- Section 4: Breastfeeding and Infections: The Role of Breastfeeding on the Prevention of Infectious Diseases.- Vaccination and Breastfeeding.- Breastfeeding and Maternal Bacterial Infections.- Breastfeeding and Maternal Viral Infections.- Breastfeeding and Maternal Fungal Infections.- Breastfeeding and Maternal Parasitic Infections.- Maternal Infections: Who Can and Who Can Not Breastfeed?.- Section 5: Breastfeeding: Special Conditions and Issues: Breastfeeding in Preterm Infants.- Medications during Lactation.- Tobacco Use in Breastfeeding Mother.- Alcohol and Drug Use in Breastfeeding Mother.- The Role of Breastfeeding on the Development and Prevention of Allergic Diseases.- Traditions in Breastfeeding:Ethnocultural Factors.- Breast Milk Banking: Why?.- The Smell of the Mother or the Breast Milk? Which is the Main Factor?.- Lactational Amenorhea as a Method of Contaception.- Effects of Music on Breastfeeding.- Supplements for Breastfeeding Mother.- Section 5: Miscellaneous: The Fetal Development of Taste And Smell For Better Breastfeeding In Neonatal Life.- The Role of Smell and Taste For Eating Behavior across the life span.- Olfactory influences on human feeding behaviours, from sense to satiety.- Food Advertising and Eating Behaviours during Pregnancy and Lactation.- Nutritional Advertising, Media and Breastfeeding.