Developmental perspectives on individual variation: implications for understanding nutritional needs -- Factors influencing the establishment of the intestinal microbiota in infancy -- Genetically determined variation in polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism may result in different dietary requirements -- Discussion on '(Molecular) imaging: developments enabling evidence-based medicine' -- Metabolic profiling -- Newborn screening of metabolic disorders: recent progress and future developments -- The phenotype of human obesity: the scope of the problem -- Intestinal immune health -- Gut decontamination with norfloxacin and ampicillin enhances insulin sensitivity in mice -- Individual epigenetic variation: when, why, and so what? -- Interaction of early infant feeding, heredity and other environmental factors as determinants in the development of allergy and sensitization -- Personalized care of pediatric cancer patients -- Personalizing nutrient intakes of formula-fed infants: breast milk as a model -- Human milk oligosaccharides: evolution, structures and bioselectivity as substrates for intestinal bacteria -- Opportunities for improving the health and nutrition of the human infant by probiotics -- Do we need personalized recommendations for infants at risk of developing disease? -- Concluding remarks -- Subject index

1. Child nutritional physiological phenomena -- genetics
2. Infant nutritional physiological phenomena -- genetics
3. Genetic variation -- physiology
4. Nutritional requirements