Burden of Obesity on Health, Wellbeing and Healthcare

Dear Colleagues,

Obesity is prevalent internationally and at all ages and stages of life. While the relationship between obesity, poor dietary patterns and nutrition, with the risk of morbidity and mortality from chronic disease, has been examined extensively, the relationship with quality of life, healthcare usage, and costs is less well studied. This Special Issue of Healthcare, “The Burden of Obesity in Health Care” welcomes the submission of previously unpublished manuscripts from original work on any of the above aspects, including nutrition, obesity and quality of life, patterns of health care service usage or waiting times for clinical services, work related outcomes and/or health care costs.

Prof. Dr. Clare E. Collins
Dr. Melinda J. Hutchesson
Dr. Megan E. Rollo
Guest Editors

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. Healthcare is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly 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 2700 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.