Announcements
23 September 2021
2020 MDPI Top Reviewer Award—Winners Announced
22 September 2021
MDPI Joins SDG Publishers Compact
UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. In 2020 the SDG Publishers Compact was launched, aimed to inspire publishers and accelerate progress to achieve the 17 goals by 2030. Members of the programme are committed to support the publication of materials that will promote and inspire actions towards SDGs.
MDPI is an eager advocate of SDGs and has already been supporting the programme by creating Special Issues and publishing a series of books on SDGs prior to joining the Compact in 2021. MDPI's Sustainability Foundation initiated the World Sustainability Awards in 2016. We fully support UN's goals to promote sustainable actions that make the world a better place for all and, as part of its commitment, we will focus our actions on SDG10: Reduced Inequalities whilst promoting all 17 SDGs. For more details, please visit the programme’s website: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sdg-publishers-compact/.
Joining this initiative was a unanimous decision. MDPI has in its core values the dissemination of science for all, breaking the wall between research access and under-represented members of the scientific community and the general population. To support this initiative further and continue to support under-represented scientists, MDPI will take a series of actions that will be announced once ready.
The first action MDPI takes is to nominate Dr. Liliane Auwerter as the coordinator of the programme. Dr. Auwerter studied Environmental Process Technology (UTFPR, Brazil), obtained her MSc degree in Water and Environmental Engineering (University of Surrey, UK) and in 2020 completed her PhD in self-healing low-friction materials for water transport (Imperial College London, UK), always focusing on diverse scientific projects that would potentially bring sustainability to industrial processes. As a student in Brazil, she engaged in volunteering activities focused on environmental education and took part in the Millennial Development Goals meetings held at the university.
For more information, please contact:
Dr. Liliane Auwerter
Scientific Officer
liliane.auwerter@mdpi.com
18 September 2021
Nutrients | Four New Sections Established
16 September 2021
Nutrients Webinar | Sports Nutrition Current Trends and Insights, 20 September 2021
27 August 2021
Nutrients Webinar | Nutrigenetics: Translation into Clinical and Nutritional Practice, 7 September 2021
3 August 2021
Announcement on Japanese Consumption Tax (JCT)
30 June 2021
2020 Impact Factors - Released
29 June 2021
Nutrients 2nd Webinar | Dietary Patterns, Dietary Behaviour in Children and Adolescents
Dietary behaviours develop from early stages of life. Dietary patterns start to be established during childhood. Early interventions should be able to positively influence the development of healthy dietary patterns. In order to design intervention programs, the first step is to know what the main determinants of dietary behaviours and dietary patterns in children and adolescents are. Several strategies have been proposed to deal with optimal behaviour development. Of recent interest are the support of food literacy in families and co-creation strategies to improve energy balance-related behaviours. All the previously mentioned topics will be covered during the present webinar.
Date: 5 July 2021
Time: 3 p.m. (CEST)
Webinar ID: 917 5682 3262
Register for free here: https://nutrients-2.sciforum.net/#registration
Program
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Prof. Dr. Luis A. Moreno Chair Introduction |
3:00–3:10 pm |
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Dr. Antje Hebestreit Determinants of Dietary Patterns and Dietary Behaviour in Children and Adolescents |
3:10–3:35 pm |
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Dr. Jess Haines Strategies to Support Food Literacy Among Families |
3:35–4:00 pm |
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Prof. Dr. Mai Chin A Paw Co-Creating Interventions to Improve Energy Balance Behaviours |
4:00–4:25 pm |
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Q&A and Discussion |
4:25–4:45 pm |
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Conclusion & Closing of Webinar |
4:45–5:00 pm |
Chair:
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Prof. Dr. Luis A. Moreno "Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development" (GENUD) Research Group, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain Luis A. Moreno is Professor of Public Health at the University of Zaragoza (Spain). He did his training as Medical Doctor and his PhD thesis at the University of Zaragoza. He studied Human Nutrition and Public and Community Health at the University of Nancy (France). He has participated in several research projects supported by the Spanish Ministry of Health, and the European commission (HELENA, IDEFICS, EURRECCA, ENERGY, ToyBox, iFamily, Feel4Diabetes, GrowH! And DigiCare4You). He has published more than 700 papers in peer-reviewed journals. He is the coordinator of the GENUD (Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development) research group, at the University of Zaragoza. He is a former member of the ESPGHAN Committee of Nutrition and former President of the Spanish Nutrition Society. |
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Dr. Antje Hebestreit Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology—BIPS GmbH, Germany Dr. Antje Hebestreit is head of the Unit Lifestyle-Related Disorders at the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology—BIPS, in Bremen, Germany. After her PhD in Nutritional Sciences and Home Economics, and further training in epidemiology, she worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for Harvard University and as a consultant for the UN World Food Programme. Over the years, her work has focused on studying the role of dietary intake, dietary behaviour, and their determinants in the development of non-communicable diseases, as well as primary prevention strategies for childhood obesity. |
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Dr. Jess Haines Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph, Canada Jess Haines is a dietitian and a Professor of Applied Nutrition at the University of Guelph in Canada. Dr. Haines’ research aims to bridge epidemiologic research on the determinants of health behaviours with the design, implementation, and evaluation of interventions to support children’s healthy eating and growth. Dr. Haines is the Co-Director of the Guelph Family Health Study, a longitudinal family-based cohort, and the Director of the Parent–Child Feeding Laboratory, which focuses on identifying how parent–child feeding interactions influence children’s eating behaviours. |
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Prof. Dr. Mai Chin A Paw Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands Mai Chin A Paw dreams of a world where children grow up healthy and happy. Such a world provides plenty of opportunities for active play, inspiring education, and nutritious and delicious foods. Mai is fascinated by why we do what we do and how this affects health, with a particular interest in youth. As university chair of the Child and Adolescent Public Health research section of Amsterdam University Medical Center, she combines her scientific expertise in human movement science and epidemiology to unravel working mechanisms using innovative methodologies, exploring unique intervention strategies and creatively combining multiple disciplines. Mai is the current president of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity until June 2021. Growing up in a multicultural family, she learned to observe the world from various perspectives, enjoy diversity, believe in serendipity and search beyond the expected. This sculpted her unique scientific frame of mind. |
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For any questions about the webinar, please send an email to nutrients.webinar@mdpi.com.
29 June 2021
Nutrients | New Section “Lipids” Established
We are pleased to announce the new Section “Lipids” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/nutrients/sections/Lipids) in the journal Nutrients. Prof. Dr. Manohar Garg is serving as the Section Editor-in-Chief.
Lipids are no longer considered to only be important as energy-rich nutrients, and specific fatty acids and lipid-soluble substances are now known to act as metabolic regulators. Lipids also play an important role in the development of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and mental illness. Some fatty acids and lipid-soluble substances have shown the ability to modulate the pathophysiology of these lifestyle diseases due to their unique route of absorption, selective incorporation into various tissues, and influence on metabolic pathways, resulting in alteration of blood lipid levels, pro- and anti-inflammatory mediators, platelet aggregation, eicosanoid production, and hormonal responses. The “Lipids” Section of Nutrients is open for contributions from health professionals and clinicians researching the area of lipids, including but not limited to:
- Medium chain fatty acids;
- Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids;
- Monounsaturated fatty acids;
- Oils;
- Cholesterol;
- Fat-soluble vitamins;
- Lipids in pathology of the disease;
- Blood lipids and lipoproteins;
- Membrane lipids;
- Impact on inflammation, platelet aggregation, and blood pressure;
- Functional foods and lipids;
- Carotenoids;
- Polyphenols.
To access more detailed information, please see here: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/nutrients/sections/Lipids.
28 April 2021
Book Builder—Compile a Customized E-Book from Your Favorite MDPI Open Access Content
MDPI Books recently released Book Builder, a new online tool to conveniently arrange, design and produce an eBook from any content published in MDPI journals. Book Builder offers two functions: on the one hand (1) Selections, available to every registered user of MDPI; on the other hand (2) Special Issue Reprints, which can be used exclusively by Guest Editors of Special Issues.
Selections
In just a matter of a few clicks, all users are now able to assemble books from MDPI articles and receive instantaneous feedback in the form of a fully produced and compiled book (PDF), which can be downloaded or ordered as print copy. Selections can include any paper published with MDPI, picking and combining content from different journals and special issues.
This way, the user may for example choose to compile an ebook focusing around a particular topic, or assemble articles from a group of others.
We invite you to make yourself familiar with the new tool! The Book Builder can be found here: https://www.mdpi.com/books/book_builder.
Special Issue Reprints
The Book Builder allows Guest Editors of MDPI journals to create a reprint from a successfully completed Special Issue or Topical Collection in book format. If you are a Guest Editor for an MDPI journal, you can use the new tool to create an PDF document which includes all articles published in the Special Issue as well as a book cover and table of contents.
For Special Issues containing a minimum of 5 articles, the Guest Editor can request its publication on the MDPI Book platform. Published reprints are assigned an ISBN and DOI.
In addition to the PDF copy of the Reprint Book, as a token of our gratitude, MDPI offers every Guest Editor one (1) complimentary print copy (via print-on-demand). All contributors benefit from a discount on orders of any additional print copies, to share with colleagues or libraries or others.
Why choose MDPI Books?
In line with our organization's values, MDPI Books publishes all content in open access, promoting the exchange of ideas and knowledge in a globalized world. MDPI Books encompasses all the benefits of open access—high availability and visibility, as well as wide and rapid dissemination. MDPI Books are distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License, meaning as an author you retain the copyright for your work. In addition, with MDPI Books you can complement the digital version of your work with a high-quality printed counterpart.
If you are interested in editing a book volume or series, or have a monograph manuscript to be considered for publication, please submit your proposal online and look at our Information for Authors.
Contact: Laura Wagner, MDPI Books Manager (email)
