Child and Adolescent Lifestyle Behaviors and Insulin Sensitivity
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Children's Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 2431
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is well-known that energy-balance-related lifestyle behaviors can affect risk for obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cognitive and mental health outcomes in youth. Energy balance behaviors track from childhood into adulthood and can affect lifetime disease risk. Physical activity has insulin-sensitizing effects and can mitigate risk, yet as children age into adolescence their physical activity levels decline and sedentary behavior levels increase. Emerging evidence from randomized controlled trials suggests that interrupting sitting time improves metabolic outcomes in children and adolescents. However, evidence from observational studies is less consistent, and a deeper understanding is needed regarding the interplay between lifestyle behaviors (e.g., sedentary time, physical activity, dietary intake), their patterns, and metabolic and other health outcomes in youth.
This Special Issue offers an opportunity to publish high-quality research related to lifestyle behaviors and cardiometabolic and other health outcomes (e.g., cognitive function, affect) in youth. We are particularly interested in observational or interventional research on relationships between reducing sedentary behavior and increasing physical activity with regard to metabolic outcomes. We also welcome high-quality studies examining mediators or moderators of these relationships.
Dr. Britni R. Belcher
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- youth
- non-communicable diseases
- affect
- cognition
- physical activity
- sedentary behavior
- nutrition
- behavioral patterns
- cardiometabolic health
- sleep
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