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The State of the Art in Obesity, Eating Habits and Nutrition among Children and Adolescents

A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Pediatric Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 August 2025 | Viewed by 830

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Grigoris Risvas

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Guest Editor
Dietetics Department, Aegean College, Athens, Greece
Interests: nutrition education; health promotion; childhood obesity prevention and management
Dr. Paul Farajian

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Guest Editor
Hellenic Medical Association for Obesity, Athens, Greece
Interests: obesity epidemiology and management

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Overweight and obesity, especially in childhood and adolescence, have been and still are a rising disease of epidemic proportions. Eating habits and nutrition in general have been at the epicenter of this phenomenon and numerous interventions with various perspectives have been planned and implemented in an attempt to address this issue. The aim and scope of this Special Issue is to add one more building material to the consensus that is being constructed on the ways in which we manage this disease. We are welcoming cutting-edge research of various designs, including primary research in the form of RCTs, cohort studies or cross-sectional studies that explore new areas of the role of nutrition and eating habits in obesity, as well as secondary research papers such are reviews and meta-analyses of published data relevant to this topic.

Dr. Grigoris Risvas
Dr. Paul Farajian
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • nutrition education
  • health promotion
  • childhood obesity prevention and management
  • obesity epidemiology
  • disease prevention
  • food policies

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Impact of Fortified Whole Grain Infant Cereal on the Nutrient Density of the Diet in Brazil, the UAE, and the USA: A Dietary Modeling Study
by Lynda O’Neill, Maria F. Vasiloglou, Fanny Salesse, Regan Bailey, Carlos Alberto Nogueira-de-Almeida, Ayesha Al Dhaheri, Leila Cheikh Ismail, Nahla Hwalla and Tsz Ning Mak
Children 2025, 12(3), 384; https://doi.org/10.3390/children12030384 - 19 Mar 2025
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Background/Objectives: Complementary feeding (CF) influences future health outcomes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of fortified whole grain infant cereal (WGIC), a complementary food, among 6- to 12-month-old infants on the nutrient density of the diet in three diverse [...] Read more.
Background/Objectives: Complementary feeding (CF) influences future health outcomes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of fortified whole grain infant cereal (WGIC), a complementary food, among 6- to 12-month-old infants on the nutrient density of the diet in three diverse settings: Brazil, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the US. Methods: Data from the Feeding Infants and Toddler Study (FITS), a collection of dietary intake studies based on 24-h-dietary recalls, from said countries was utilized. Nutrient intakes were calculated for infant cereal (IC) consumers and non-consumers. Diet modeling was applied to IC consumers to substitute their regular fortified IC with WGIC with improved fortifications. The study estimated the average nutrient density, mean adequacy ratio (MAR), and percentage inadequacy of the diet in both IC consumers and non-consumers. Results: The analyses indicated that infants who consumed IC had higher intakes of calcium, zinc, magnesium, iron, and vitamin D in the three countries. Reduced micronutrient inadequacies were observed among IC consumers, particularly in Brazil and the U.S. Diet modeling with WGIC revealed a significantly higher density of choline, magnesium, zinc, iron, fiber, and protein, as well as reduced inadequacies. The MAR was significantly improved in the three countries. Conclusions: This study underscores the potential of fortified WGIC in increasing the nutrient density of the complementary diet. The intrinsic nutrients in whole grain infant cereals (WGICs) significantly enhance the nutrient density of the complementary diet. Given that whole grains play a role in preventing childhood obesity, their inclusion during CF may be crucial. Full article
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