Mediterranean Diet, Cardiovascular Diseases, Aging and Frailty
A special issue of Dietetics (ISSN 2674-0311).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 2654
Special Issue Editor
Interests: aging; determinants of frailty and health; atherosclerosis; mediterranean diet, cognitive decline
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Dear Colleagues,
The current average life expectancy at birth is well over 80 years. Such high longevity in many cases is associated with the onset of chronic diseases and frailty. Cardiovascular disease still represents the first cause of mortality in the population; among the elderly, the most frequent pathological conditions are due to cardiovascular pathologies: for example, hypertension and heart failure. Maintaining an adequate nutrition status and lifestyle is important, both to reduce the risk of chronic diseases, and to slow or delay the onset of frailty. Dietary patterns such as the Mediterranean diet have been shown to reduce cardiovascular risk, to slow the aging process and to delay the onset of frailty, all characterized by chronic low-grade inflammation, by influencing chronic inflammatory processes and responses. This Special Issue of Dietetics entitled “Mediterranean Diet, Cardiovascular Diseases, Aging and Frailty” has been developed to compile contemporary research studies on this important topic. We invite you and your collaborators to consider the submission of your original research, protocol development and methodological studies, narrative or systematic reviews and meta-analyses. To better understand these complex relationships, we welcome all types of study designs in various populations, including large observational epidemiological studies, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, clinical and field trials and qualitative investigations.
Dr. Cristiano Capurso
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- mediterranean diet
- cardiovascular risk
- cardiovascular disease
- aging
- frailty
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