The Independent and Joint Roles of Sleep and Chrono-Nutrition in Cardiometabolic Risk
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Behavioral and Mental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 April 2024) | Viewed by 17900
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sleep; circadian rhythms; chrono-nutrition; cardiometabolic risk; cardiovascular disease; cardiovascular health; women’s health; ethnic disparities
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sleep is a key determinant of cardiometabolic health. Poor sleep has been linked to heightened risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and inflammation. In contrast, positive sleep behaviors are associated with the preservation of cardiovascular health, as defined by the American Heart Association’s Life’s Simple 7. Therefore, healthy sleep may play an important role in the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of death globally. However, sleep health is not currently included in formal lifestyle guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention. In addition, sleep health disparities, which stem from social and structural-level factors, likely contribute to the cardiovascular health disparities at the population level.
Closely related to sleep health is chrono-nutrition, which refers to the timing and regularity of dietary patterns in the 24-h day and across days, that is, the alignment of eating patterns with our endogenous circadian rhythms. While most research on diet has focused on “what” and “how much” we eat, “when” we eat may also have important health consequences. However, the influence of eating pattern timing and variability on cardiometabolic risk factors and cardiovascular disease risk is in the nascent stages of characterization.
This Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) will feature research on the associations between sleep, diet, and cardiometabolic risk. Topics of particular interest are multi-dimensional sleep health (sleep duration, quality, and regularity and sleep disorders) and chrono-nutrition (eating pattern timing and variability) in relation to cardiometabolic outcomes (blood pressure, glycemic regulation, adiposity, and inflammation) and cardiovascular disease risk. Studies that examine the bidirectional relation between sleep and diet as well as papers dealing with new approaches and methods to evaluate sleep health and chrono-nutrition are also welcome. Manuscripts that examine the contribution of sleep, chrono-nutrition, or the interplay of sleep and diet to cardiovascular health disparities are encouraged. Submissions of original research, narrative and systematic reviews, and meta-analyses will be included.
Dr. Nour Makarem
Dr. Faris Zuraikat
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sleep health
- sleep behaviors
- circadian rhythms
- chrono-nutrition
- meal timing
- eating patterns
- obesity
- cardiometabolic risk
- cardiovascular disease
- health equity
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