Lifestyle Interventions to Prevent Cognitive Impairment, Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease

Dear Colleagues,

We are organizing a Special Issue in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, with a special emphasis on lifestyle interventions to promote health cognition in older adults. A major focus of this compendium will be the mitigation of risk for dementia and diseases associated with declining cognitive status. The journal is focused on environmental health sciences and public health. It is peer-reviewed, of course, with a JIF of 2.4 according to Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed on Pubmed/MEDLINE, Scopus and EBSCOHost, among others. For detailed information about the journal, please refer to: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph.

The cost of dementia to public health is staggering, and care for individuals with impaired cognitive status due to aging-related diseases is growing with the growth of the aging population. The purpose of this submission is to disseminate information about how healthy lifestyle choices (including reports of direct interventions) can help delay or reverse the effects of cognitive decline. We encourage your submission to this Special Issue, as we think that you would provide a valuable contribution, due to your expertise as interventionists and thought leaders in the promotion of low-cost, high-impact methods to decrease the incidence and overall societal impact of diseases of declining cognition. Studies and methods directed towards the reduction of sedentary behavior and the increase of resting metabolism in older adults are particularly sought after for this collection. Outreach studies involving rural interventions and the vital impact of telehealth to promote healthy living are especially welcome in this Special Issue.

This Special Issue is open to any subject area related to the impacts of improving cognitive outcomes through lifestyle intervention. The listed keywords suggest a few of many possibilities for relevant topics.

Dr. Keith M. McGregor
Dr. Joe Nocera
Guest Editors

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• Mild Cognitive Impairment
• Dementia
• Dementia of Alzheimer’s Type
• Physical activity interventions
• Adaptive interval training
• Adaptive aerobic interventions
• Nutritional advisement and interventions
• Nutraceuticals
• Fall risk and cognitive status
• Aging and muscle energetics
• Cortical metabolism
• Telehealth
• Virtual social enrichment
• Exergaming
• Wearables
• Home-based exercise