Dietary Considerations in Childhood Obesity
A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Pediatric Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 June 2025) | Viewed by 607
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nutritional quality; food labeling; food and nutrition policy; obesity; appetite control; cognitive performance; nutrition communication
Interests: eating environment; nutritional quality; childhood feeding practices and behaviors; parenting capacity and wellbeing; food and nutrition policy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has been increasing worldwide, adversely impacting children’s immediate health and exposing them to an increased risk of various noncommunicable diseases over their life course. Suboptimal dietary intake is a significant contributor to childhood overweight and obesity; therefore, the aim of this Special Issue is to explore the current evidence on the role of nutrition and diet in childhood overweight and obesity.
This Special Issue aims to advance our understanding of diet, food, and eating-related obesogenic exposures and considerations in children, including interventions to improve childhood dietary intake and subsequent health outcomes. This Special Issue seeks to feature research on the epidemiological relationships between diet and health, dietary interventions to enhance health outcomes, assessments of the food environment, investigations into consumer perceptions and experiences shaping children’s dietary behaviors, and implementation science approaches to effectively translate evidence into actionable policies and practices. By highlighting the interplay between nutrition, obesogenic environmental factors, and implementation science, we aim to provide insights that can inform both policy and practice.
We invite all colleagues researching topics related to childhood dietary intake, eating behaviors, food environments, and childhood obesity to contribute to this Special Issue.
Dr. Jennifer J. Lee
Dr. Georgia Middleton
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- diet
- nutrition
- childhood overweight
- childhood obesity
- food environment
- implementation science
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