Advances in Healthy Longevity: Targeting Functional Food Components, Aging Biomarkers and Chronic Disease Risk
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 January 2025) | Viewed by 1907
Special Issue Editors
2. Grupo de Investigación Reconocido “Pharmacogenetics, Cancer Genetics, Genetic, Polymorphisms and Pharmacoepidemiology”, University of Valladolid, 47005 Valladolid, Spain
Interests: chronic disease; genetic polymorphisms; pain; multidisciplinary
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Interests: diet; biological aging; sarcopenia; skeletal muscle; inflammation; senescence; mitochondrial function
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, the concept of “healthy longevity” has received widespread attention because it focuses both on increasing an individual’s overall life expectancy or longevity and on extending life without serious chronic diseases or on “healthspan”. The U.S. National Academy of Medicine defines healthspan as “good health, close to biological lifespan, with physical, cognitive, and social functioning, and the ability to achieve well-being”.
Various components of the diet play an important role in regulating the aging process and longevity, as well as the development of age-related diseases. Dietary interventions and functional foods help to promote healthy aging and longevity.
On the other hand, biomarkers of aging are critically important tools in achieving these objectives over realistic time frames. However, the current lack of standards and consensus on the properties of a reliable aging biomarker hinders their further development and validation for clinical applications.
The effects of chronic diseases and multimorbidities include disability, reduced quality of life, shorter life expectancy, and greater need for healthcare resources. Identifying multimorbidity and high-risk factors that adversely affect the quality of life of older individuals is a critical public health concern.
This Special Issue aims to advance the role of biomarkers in geriatric nutrition. Potential areas include the following:
- The effects of food components on metabolism and biological markers of aging adults.
- Associations between nutritional biomarkers and biological aging.
- Exploring potential mechanisms by which functional nutrients may prevent age-related diseases, using biomarkers as a lens.
- Geriatric nutritional intervention studies utilizing biomarkers to assess effectiveness.
- Identification of novel aging biomarkers from omics technologies and their association with nutrition.
Prof. Dr. Zoraida Verde Rello
Dr. Marta Gonzalez-Freire
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- healthspan
- healthy aging
- biological process
- biomarkers
- dietary habits
- functional foods
- quality of life
- chronic diseases
- multimorbidities
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