Tips and tricks for catch-up growth

Tips and tricks for catch-up growth

Tips and tricks for catch-up growth

All About 0-6 Months Baby
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Feb 25, 2025
3 mins

Here are some tips and tricks to ensure your child reaches their growth potential with ASCENDA 3+.

ASCENDA 3+: Tips and tricks to guide children to overcome growth issue

Growth challenges in children can be tough for both parents and little ones. But with ASCENDA 3+, an energy- and nutrient-dense formula specially designed for catch-up growth, achieving healthy height and weight gains is within reach.1-4 Here are some tips and tricks to ensure your child reaches their growth potential with ASCENDA 3+.

Tips and tricks for catch-up growth

Pair ASCENDA 3+ with nutrient-dense foods like whole grains, lean proteins, fruits, and vegetables.5 These foods provide more calories and essential nutrients to fuel growth and ensure your children is receiving a balanced diet.6,7

Tips and tricks for catch-up growth

Proteins like whey are easy to digest and vital for building muscles and supporting growth.8 ASCENDA 3+ offers 100% dairy protein, with high-quality whey protein to complement your child’s diet and aid their growth journey.4,9,10

Tips and tricks for catch-up growth

Steer clear of foods and drinks high in added sugars, which provide little to no nutritional value. Trust in ASCENDA 3+, which contains no added sucrose, ensuring every calorie contributes to growth.4,11

Tips and tricks for catch-up growth

Growth isn’t just about nutrition; physical activity plays an important role too! Encourage age-appropriate activities like running, jumping, and playing games to promote healthy growth and development while ensuring that your child is having enough energy based on his/her need with ASCENDA 3+ energy dense formula.12

By combining ASCENDA 3+ with these simple yet effective practices, you can give your child the best foundation for catch-up growth.

Consult your doctor today to learn more!

IMPORTANT NOTICE. We believe that breastfeeding is the ideal nutritional start for babies, and we fully support the World Health Organizations recommendation of exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life followed by the introduction of adequate nutritious complementary foods along with continued breastfeeding up to two years of age. We recommend that parents seek information regarding the advantages of breastfeeding & the importance of starting breastfeeding immediately after birth (within the first hour). A healthy diet is essential to support a healthy pregnancy and to prepare and maintain lactation.

We also recognize that breastfeeding is not always an option for parents, we recommend that you speak to your healthcare professional about how to feed your baby and seek advice on when to introduce complementary feeding.

If you choose not to breastfeed, please remember that such a decision can be difficult to reverse and that the introduction of partial bottle-feeding or complementary food before six months of age will reduce the supply of breast milk and has social, and financial, health, environmental implications.

Introducing partial bottle-feeding or complementary food before six months of age will reduce the supply of breast milk.

Infant formula and complementary foods should always be prepared properly when needed whether manufactured industrially or home-prepared to be used and stored as instructed on the label in order to avoid risks to a baby's health related to hazards of unnecessary or improper use of infant formula & other breast milk substitutes as well as hazards related to inappropriate foods or feeding methods. Parents should speak to healthcare professionals regarding the proper use of cups, spoons, other utensils as well as the risks associated with using pacifiers & artificial teats.

ASCENDA 3+ is not a breast-milk substitute. We recommend that you speak to your healthcare professional about how to feed your baby and seek advice on when to introduce this product.

References:

1. Ghosh AK, et al. J Int Med Res. 2018;46(6):2186-201. 

2. Sheng X, et al. Nutr Metab Insights. 2014;7_85-94. 

3. Samuel TM, et al. Proceedings. 2023; 91(1):244. 

4. Nestlé Nutrition internal data. Labelling information. 

5. Nicklas TA, et al. Public Health Nutr. 2014 Dec;17(12):2626-36. 

6. Rivera JA, et al. J Nutr. 2003;133(11):4010S-20S. 

9. Arsenault JE, et al. Nutr Rev. 2017;75(9):699-717. 

10. McGregor RA, et al. Nutr Metab. 2013;10_46. 

11. Reedy J, et al. J Am Diet Assoc. 2010;110(10):1477-84. 

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