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Feature Papers in Future

A special issue of Future (ISSN 2813-2882).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 6100

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Prof. Dr. Jun Ma

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Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
Interests: the growth and development of children and adolescents and its influencing factors; early prevention of adult diseases; disease prevention; school health management
Dr. Yi Song

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Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
Interests: child and adolescent health and development; students’ constitution and health and its inequality; common diseases interventions among children and adolescents
Dr. Zhiyong Zou

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Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
Interests: adolescent global health; dietary diversity; cardiovascular diseases; global burden of disease
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the Special Issue entitled “Feature Papers in Future”, which is designed to celebrate the founding of the open-access journal Future (ISSN 2813-2882, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/future). The recent consensus regarding child and adolescent health and development is that focus should not only be devoted to what sounds serious now but that our perspective should extend to considering the roots, where a healthy childhood and adolescence is essential to achieving full potential as an adult—i.e., the past mirrors the future. Future is an international peer-reviewed journal published online with a particular focus on the research areas of growth and development and school health, and the disciplines covered include, but are not limited to, maternal care, sexual and reproductive medicine, child and adolescent health, and mental health. Future is dedicated to enhancing the value of research and helping researchers, health providers, families, and policymakers through improved understanding of the health and development of children and adolescents in the future.

Our Future team and the distinguished Editorial and Review Board warmly invite you to publish your high-quality research work with us. Let us work together to promote lifecycle health and ensure a better future for children and adolescents!

Prof. Dr. Jun Ma
Dr. Yi Song
Dr. Zhiyong Zou
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • growth and development
  • diet and nutrients
  • nutrition and environment epidemiology
  • health-related behaviors and intervention
  • school health promotion policies and practices
  • child health and care
  • adolescent health and wellbeing
  • mental health
  • global health and education

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The Joint Contribution of Childhood Exposure to Parental Smoking and Genetic Susceptibility to Smoking to Epigenetic Age Acceleration in Late Adulthood: The Health and Retirement Study
by Tingting Liu, Yixi Sun, Ruiyuan Zhang and Changwei Li
Future 2024, 2(4), 185-193; https://doi.org/10.3390/future2040015 - 6 Dec 2024
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The impact of childhood exposure to parental smoking on epigenetic age acceleration (EAA) in later life has not been thoroughly investigated. This study investigates the relationship while considering genetic susceptibility to smoking. We analyzed data from 3102 participants in the Health and Retirement [...] Read more.
The impact of childhood exposure to parental smoking on epigenetic age acceleration (EAA) in later life has not been thoroughly investigated. This study investigates the relationship while considering genetic susceptibility to smoking. We analyzed data from 3102 participants in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) who also participated in the 2016 Venous Blood Study and the 2015–2017 Life History Mail Survey. Self-reported measures included childhood parental smoking exposure and smoking status in late adulthood. We utilized five epigenetic clocks—HorvathAA, HannumAA, GrimAA, PhenoAA, and DunedinAA—and assessed genetic susceptibility with a polygenic risk score (PRS) for smoking initiation, categorized into tertiles. We regressed the clocks against chronological age to derive EAA residuals. Associations between childhood exposure and EAA were examined in the overall sample and by PRS tertiles, stratified by race. The model controlled for age, sex, education, smoking, alcohol consumption, body mass index, and CESD scores. Significant associations were found between childhood exposure to parental smoking and the EAA measured by GrimAA (β = 0.98; p < 0.001) and DunedinAA (β = 0.01; p = 0.002) among White participants, with stronger effects in those with a high PRS. Similar patterns were observed in Black participants, highlighting the importance of preventing secondhand smoke exposure in children. Full article
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Associations between Green Space Surrounding Kindergartens and Hyperactivity Behaviors among Chinese Preschool Children
by Baozhuo Ai, Shiyu Zhang, Jiaying Fu, Xiaona Yin, Guomin Wen, Dengli Sun, Danxia Xian, Yafen Zhao, Hualiang Lin, Weiqing Chen, Weikang Yang and Zilong Zhang
Future 2023, 1(1), 27-37; https://doi.org/10.3390/future1010005 - 26 May 2023
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Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects approximately 2–7% of children worldwide and has become a global public health concern. The health effects of green space on ADHD in young children are unclear. We investigated associations between school-surrounding greenness and hyperactivity behaviors in [...] Read more.
Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects approximately 2–7% of children worldwide and has become a global public health concern. The health effects of green space on ADHD in young children are unclear. We investigated associations between school-surrounding greenness and hyperactivity behaviors in preschool children. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional analysis using data of 66,678 preschool children (mean age: 3.53 years) from an on-going cohort in Shenzhen, China. The greenness surrounding kindergartens was measured using satellite-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values at buffers of 250 m, 500 m, and 1000 m. Children’s hyperactivity behaviors were measured using the validated Conners’ Parent Rating Scale-Revised. We used generalized linear mixed models to assess the associations of greenness exposure with hyperactivity behaviors with adjustment for a variety of covariates. Results: Exposure to higher school-surrounding greenness was associated with lower prevalence of hyperactivity behaviors. In fully adjusted models, the odds ratio of hyperactivity behaviors in relation to an IQR (0.1) increase in NDVI at the 250 m buffer was 0.91 [confidence interval (CI): 0.84,0.98]. Consistent results were observed for greenness at the 500 m and 1000 m buffers. The negative association between greenness and hyperactivity behaviors was more pronounced in boys than in girls. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that higher levels of school-surrounding green spaces are associated with a lower risk of hyperactivity behaviors in preschool children. Full article
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Cohort Profile: The Xiamen Pubertal Growth Cohort Longitudinal Study
by Xijie Wang, Yanhui Li, Di Gao, Zhaogeng Yang, Bin Dong, Yanhui Dong, Zhiyong Zou and Jun Ma
Future 2023, 1(1), 4-12; https://doi.org/10.3390/future1010003 - 8 Feb 2023
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This cohort was set up to capture pubertal onset among children in China and to analyze how timing of pubertal onset would influence cardiovascular disease risk in later life. Pubertal onset was defined as secondary sexual characteristics (SSC) attained Tanner II stage, which [...] Read more.
This cohort was set up to capture pubertal onset among children in China and to analyze how timing of pubertal onset would influence cardiovascular disease risk in later life. Pubertal onset was defined as secondary sexual characteristics (SSC) attained Tanner II stage, which was breast development for girls and testis of 4 mL for boys. Meanwhile, height growth spurt, defined as age of take-off and age of peak height velocity, were also involved to observe the consistency between the three indicators in discriminating pubertal onset. The study was conducted in Xiamen, China from November 2017 to November 2020 with 6-month gaps. One thousand, four hundred and sixteen children from four project schools who had not yet started puberty were involved at baseline. By November 2020, 1272 children were still under follow-up, with 945 (74.3%) of them reaching Tanner II stage. We would continue to follow the pubertal development, as well as change in crucial risk factors for cardiovascular disease in these participants. Evidence from the present cohort study would help to reveal the influence of pubertal growth on long-term cardiovascular health and would be one of the very first studies to provide such evidence from Asian countries. Full article
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