Dietary Patterns in Prevention and Treatment of Diet-Related Diseases

Dear Colleagues, 

A dietary pattern is defined as the quantity, variety, or combination of different foods and beverages in a diet and the frequency with which they are habitually consumed. Traditionally, associations of diet to health have focused primarily on a single nutrient or food and an identified health outcome; however, currently, it is well-known that a dietary pattern is more likely to influence health or chronic disease than will any single nutrient or food.

In this Special Issue of IJERPH, we would like to give readers valuable insights into dietary patterns related to the prevention and treatment of diet-related diseases. The guest editors would like to invite original research and reviews (systematic reviews and meta-analyses) on the following topics:

• Consumer motivations, perception and selection of food products, and resulting dietary patterns;
• Determinants of dietary patterns in the 21st century and in the period of the global COVID-19 pandemic;
• Effects of dietary patterns on physical, mental, or social health outcomes;
• Dietary patterns for prevention and treatment of diet-related diseases;
• Lifestyle strategies to promote beneficial dietary patterns from childhood to elderly age;
• Dietary patterns based nutritional recommendations and dietary guidelines as strategies in diet-related disease prevention and treatment;
• Current nutritional trends and related dietary patterns (Mediterranean diet, plant-based diet, sustainable diet, paleo diet, ketogenic diet, zero-waste lifestyle) as factors influencing human health.

Other topics within the scope of “Dietary Patterns in Prevention and Treatment of Diet-related Diseases” are also welcome.

Dr. Aleksandra Kołota
Prof. Dr. Dominika Głąbska
Prof. Dr. Dominika Guzek
Guest Editors

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