Nutrition and Public Health
A section of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643).
Section Information
The Nutrition and Public Health section of Nutrients aims to publish high-level, peer-reviewed research on nutrition and food approaches to address diet-related public health issues. This could include multidisciplinary approaches to understanding and modeling the causes of these issues, efforts to promote nutritional well-being and prevent diet-related diseases and conditions, community-based interventions, community-based participatory research, and public policy. We welcome novel, feasible, and practical food and nutrition approaches that address health disparities, leverage technology, as well as multi-level interventions that follow the socio-ecological model. Consistent with the journal Nutrients, we welcome original research articles, reviews, and commentaries. This section should be of interest to public health specialists, epidemiologists, nutritionists, registered dietitians, researchers, policy makers, and advocates.
- Assessment of communities and populations
- Public health
- Surveillance
- Prevention
- Health promotion
- Multi-level interventions
- Socio-ecological framework
- Community-based participatory research
- Theory-based interventions
- Community nutrition
- Community and population health goals
- Food safety
- Food fortification
- Food supply and sustainability
- Nutrition assistance programs
- Hunger and food security
- Humanitarian efforts
- Community-based interventions
- Food and nutrition policy
- Evaluation
- Qualitative and mixed methods research
- Dissemination
- Implementation
- Translation
- Public health informatics
- Behavioral economics
- Food environment
- Public health systems.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Food as Medicine for Brain and Other Tissues (Deadline: 15 May 2026)
- Environmental Impacts on Human Nutrition and Health (Deadline: 15 May 2026)
- The Relationship Between Nutrition and Mental Health (Deadline: 15 May 2026)
- Public Health, Nutritional Behavior and Nutritional Status—3rd Edition (Deadline: 20 May 2026)
- Nutrition and Mental Health: Strategies for Prevention and Intervention (Deadline: 20 May 2026)
- mHealth Interventions for Nutrition, Lifestyle, and Metabolic Management (Deadline: 20 May 2026)
- Association Between Nutrition, Diet Quality, Dietary Patterns, and Human Health and Diseases—3rd Edition (Deadline: 25 May 2026)
- Sustainable Diets: Powering the Future of Food and Planetary Health (Deadline: 25 May 2026)
- The Effect of Ketogenic Diet on Human Health (Deadline: 25 May 2026)
- Bridging Human and Environmental Health Through Sustainable Diets: From Theory to Real-World Challenges (Deadline: 5 June 2026)
- Microbiome, Immunity, and Cancer: Deciphering the Intricate Crosstalk and Regulatory Networks (Deadline: 5 June 2026)
- Lifestyle, Chrononutrition, and Behavioral Determinants of Metabolic Health and Quality of Life (Deadline: 15 June 2026)
- Food Environments, Dietary Behaviors, and Population Health (Deadline: 15 June 2026)
- Food Literacy and Public Health Nutrition (Deadline: 15 June 2026)
- Mediterranean Diet in Chronic Disease Prevention and Aging (Deadline: 15 June 2026)
- Precision Nutrition and Health Outcomes Across the Lifespan (Deadline: 15 June 2026)
- The Influence of School Meals on Children and Adolescents (Deadline: 15 June 2026)
- Eating Disorders, Body Image and Mental Health in a Digital World (Deadline: 15 June 2026)
- Medical Nutrition Therapy for Hospital In-Patients (Deadline: 20 June 2026)
- Dietary Factors in Cancer Risk and Prevention (Deadline: 25 June 2026)
- Food Security, Food Insecurity, and Nutritional Health (Deadline: 25 June 2026)
- The Role of Nutrition and Other Lifestyle Factors in Shaping Human Health (Deadline: 25 June 2026)
- Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating Behaviors: Prevention, Mechanisms, Treatments, and Outcomes (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Lifestyle, Diet, Wine and Health (Deadline: 5 July 2026)
- Relationship Between Dietary Habits and Physical Activity in Modern Lifestyles (Deadline: 5 July 2026)
- Dietary Patterns and Nutritional Challenges in Adolescents and Young Adults: Implications for Health and Disease (Deadline: 5 July 2026)
- Dietetic Care in Primary Care and Prevention (Deadline: 5 July 2026)
- Nutritional Attributes and Health Implications of Novel, Non-Conventional, and Reformulated Foods (Deadline: 15 July 2026)
- Dietary Patterns and Lifestyle in Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Prevention (Deadline: 15 July 2026)
- The Gut Microbiome: Mechanisms and Therapies in Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases (Deadline: 15 July 2026)
- Food Allergy: Psychological Issues (Deadline: 15 July 2026)
- Associations Between Diet and Chronic Disease: Creating Supportive Environments for Healthy Behaviors (Deadline: 15 July 2026)
- Nutrition-Based Counseling and Interventions for Chronic Disease Prevention (Deadline: 15 July 2026)
- Data Science and Machine Learning for Nutrition Studies (Deadline: 15 July 2026)
- Dietary Patterns and Population Health (Deadline: 20 July 2026)
- Dietary Nutrient Intake and Disordered Sleep (Deadline: 20 July 2026)
- Nutritional Approaches for Chronic Disease Prevention and Care: From Individuals to Populations (Deadline: 25 July 2026)
- Sleep and Diet: Exploring Interactive Associations on Human Health—2nd Edition (Deadline: 25 July 2026)
- Dietary Patterns, Food Choices, and Health Risk (Deadline: 25 July 2026)
- Body Image and Nutritional Status from Childhood to Adulthood (Deadline: 5 August 2026)
- Hydration and Nutrition Status in Human Health (Deadline: 5 August 2026)
- Dietary Intake and Health Throughout the Lifecourse (Deadline: 5 August 2026)
- The Role of Foods and Dietary Supplements in Supporting Health and Reducing Consumption and Reliance on Medications (Deadline: 15 August 2026)
- Understanding and Reducing Ultra-Processed Foods for Better Health (Deadline: 15 August 2026)
- Digital Nutrition Powered by Artificial Intelligence: Personalization, Prediction and Prevention (Deadline: 15 August 2026)
- Global Nutrition Transition and Chronic Disease Prevention: Perspectives on the Chinese Diet and Beyond (Deadline: 15 August 2026)
- School Lunch Models and Nutritional Practices in Global Perspective (Deadline: 15 August 2026)
- Nutrition and Exercise Tolerance in Chronic Diseases and Sport: From Basic Research to Clinical Trials (Deadline: 25 August 2026)
- Effects of Dietary Patterns and Lifestyles on Non-Communicable Diseases in Adults (Deadline: 25 August 2026)
- Research on the Factors Related to Food Choices to Promote Healthy Eating (Deadline: 5 September 2026)
- Artificial Intelligence for Food Intake Measurement in Free-Living Settings (Deadline: 5 September 2026)
- Nutrition in Gastronomic Sciences (Deadline: 5 September 2026)
- Nutrient Receptors: Sensing Mechanisms and Metabolic Impact (Deadline: 15 September 2026)
- Nutrition Equity and Community Health: Social, Environmental, and Innovative Approaches (Deadline: 15 September 2026)
- Nutrition, Stress, and Psychological Well-Being Across the Lifespan (Deadline: 20 September 2026)
- Sustainable Nutrition Intervention Programmes: Innovative Evidence-Based Strategies to Modulate Malnutrition (Deadline: 25 September 2026)
- Functional Nutrients: Empowering Ophthalmic Health (Deadline: 25 September 2026)
- Structured Lifestyle and Nutritional Interventions for the Management of Chronic Diseases (Deadline: 25 September 2026)
- Creating Healthy Food Environments for All Children: Designing Spaces That Promote Healthy Eating (Deadline: 25 September 2026)
- Intermittent Fasting in Human Health: Metabolic and Circadian Regulation, Clinical Applications and Therapeutic Potential (Deadline: 25 September 2026)
- Impact of Diet, Nutrition and Lifestyle on Reproductive Health—2nd Edition (Deadline: 25 September 2026)
- Plant-Based Diets Regulate Antioxidant-Inflammatory Balance (Deadline: 25 September 2026)
- Nutritional Interventions and Dietary Supplements in Chronic Diseases: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential (Deadline: 25 September 2026)
- The Relationship Between Dietary Behavior, Food Perception and Psychological State (Deadline: 25 September 2026)
- Maternal and Child Nutrition: From Pregnancy to Early Life (Deadline: 25 September 2026)
- Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems (Deadline: 25 September 2026)
- Natural Products for Gastrointestinal Diseases (Deadline: 5 October 2026)
- Tackling Malnutrition: What's on the Agenda? (Deadline: 5 October 2026)
- Food Packaging and Nutrition Labelling for Human Health (Deadline: 15 October 2026)
- Nutrition in Vulnerable Population Groups (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 15 October 2026)
- Innovations and Challenges in Sustainable Healthy Diets: New Frontiers and Applications (Deadline: 15 October 2026)
- Sustainable Diets for Human Health: From Dietary Patterns to Evidence-Based Recommendations (Deadline: 15 October 2026)
- The Impact of the Food Environment on Diet and Health (Deadline: 20 October 2026)
- Sex, Gender and Nutrition (Deadline: 20 October 2026)
- Nutrition and Chronic Pain: Clinical and Population-Based Evidence and Mechanistic Insights (Deadline: 25 October 2026)
- Nutrition and Health Throughout the Lifespan (Deadline: 25 October 2026)
- Dietary Inflammatory Index: The Inflammatory Potential of Diet and Human Health (Deadline: 25 October 2026)
- Nutritional Nanomedicine and Functional Foods in Inflammation and Chronic Diseases (Deadline: 30 October 2026)
- Microplastics and Human Health: Role of Food Nutrients in Metabolic Disorders (Deadline: 30 October 2026)
- Fueling Growth: Nutrition as a Global Driver of Human Development (Deadline: 5 November 2026)
- Nutritional Perspectives in Hormonal Health and Endocrine Disorders (Deadline: 5 November 2026)
- Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Nutritional Approaches: Dietary Innovations and Chronic Disease Management (Deadline: 15 November 2026)
- The Role of Foods and Nutritional and Botanical Supplements for the Enhancement of Human Health and Performance (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 15 November 2026)
- Dietary Supplement in Neurodegenerative Diseases: Nutritional Assessment (Deadline: 15 November 2026)
- A Life-Course Approach to Healthy Dietary Lifestyles for the Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases (Deadline: 20 November 2026)
- Digital Tools for Healthy Eating in Underserved Populations (Deadline: 25 November 2026)
- Nutrition, Physical Activity and Lifestyle Behaviors in Mental Health and Psychological Well-Being Across the Lifespan (Deadline: 25 November 2026)
- Nutrition and Healthy Aging: Public Health Services and Policy (Deadline: 5 December 2026)
- Polyamines in Food, Human Nutrition and Health: From Molecular Mechanisms to Clinical Applications and Innovative Functional Foods (Deadline: 5 December 2026)
- Dietary Strategies for Double Burden of Malnutrition (Deadline: 20 December 2026)
- Research on the Psychological Factors Shaping Physical Health and Nutrition (Deadline: 25 December 2026)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions:
