Pediatric Nutrition: From General Guidelines to Precision-Based Strategies
A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 1873
Special Issue Editor
Interests: pediatrics; clinical trials; microbiome studies; applied statistics; nutrition; meta-analysis; multi-omics studies
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nutrition is critically important for children because it provides the essential fuel for their rapid physical growth, supports cognitive development, and lays the foundation for lifelong healthy habits. Proper nutrition helps build a robust immune system and improved academic performance. Moreover, it is a powerful tool to maintain a healthy weight and prevent chronic conditions like obesity, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease later in life. A generic diet plan is not effective because individual child needs vary based on genetics, lifestyle, health condition, and other factors. The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight the latest research on applying precision nutrition concepts to children's health and establish best practices to enhance care for children’s nutritional needs.
This Special Issue welcomes original research, review, and mini-review articles, which cover, but is not limited to, the following themes:
- Disease prevention and management;
- Challenges or barriers to healthy eating for kids;
- Growth charts serve as a critical tool in monitoring child growth and/or nutrition status;
- Bridges the gap between diet and physical development;
- Management of obesity in children and adolescents;
- Advanced profiling methods (genomic, metabolomic, microbiome, integrated multi-omics approaches, etc.) in pediatric populations;
- The collection and analysis of complex individual data, e.g., microbiome sequencing, metabolomic profiling, to support the development of tailored nutritional guidance.
Dr. Amy Y. Pan
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Children is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- nutrition
- diet
- healthy weight
- pediatrics
- child development
- microbiome
- omics
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