New Insights and Research on Nutrition and Obesity
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioactives and Nutraceuticals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2025 | Viewed by 465
Special Issue Editor
Interests: obesity; non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; cancer; molecular nutrition; natural product; oxidative stress
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Global health is the main target for several United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); however, both the obesity epidemic and obesity-associated diseases, affecting both developed and developing countries, represent major obstacles to the achievement of these goals. Traditionally, global health has focused on two distinct issues in nutrition: overnutrition, which includes being overweight or obese, and undernutrition, which includes being underweight or having nutrient deficiencies. However, both conditions are increasingly being seen in the same population, and the double burden of malnutrition plays an important part in the pathology of obesity-related diseases. It is, therefore, paramount to better characterize the importance of nutrition and specific nutrients as risk factors for disease susceptibility and severity: this can only be achieved if the cellular and molecular mechanisms affected by nutrients in the context of obesity and chronic diseases are fully elucidated.
This Special Issue will focus on research aimed at determining molecular links between nutrition and obesity or associated diseases in different population groups. Studies that aim to characterize the molecular mechanisms by which nutrition or nutrients may contribute to the prevention, management, or treatment of obesity and associated diseases and provide more specific guidance for sub-groups whose nutrient requirements may differ substantially from the norm will be considered for publication. These studies will help to understand the relevance of optimal and sustainable nutrition in the implementation of preventive approaches for optimizing health, delaying the onset of disease, and diminishing its severity.
Prof. Dr. Giovanna Bermano
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nutrition
- obesity
- malnutrition
- overnutrition
- molecular and cellular mechanisms
- nutrient–gene interactions
- metabolic disorders
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