Diet Therapy and Public Health
1. Introduction
2. Diet-Related Public Health Approaches Aimed for This Special Issue
2.1. Diet Therapy, Nutritional Status, and Metabolic Disorders
2.2. Diet Therapy and the Cost of a Healthy Diet
2.3. Food Environment and Food Choice
2.4. COVID-19 Countrywide Lockdown and Food and Nutrition Literacy
3. Conclusions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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