Weight Management: Current and Future Options in Diet
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Obesity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 October 2025 | Viewed by 1511
Special Issue Editors
Interests: lifestyle medicine; weight management; overweight; obesity; personalized nutrition; microbiome modulation; type 2 diabetes (T2DM); cardiometabolic disorders; insulin resistance; nutritional assesment
Interests: nutrition; dietetics; nutritional epidemiology; cardiovascular diseases; dyslipidemia; diabetes; obesity; pregnancy; aging
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on innovative, evidence-based approaches to weight management. It integrates current dietary interventions and future trends. Current research highlights the significance of macronutrient composition, showing how different proportions of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates can influence satiety, metabolism, and long-term weight control. Sustainable dietary patterns, like the Mediterranean diet and plant-based diets, not only promote weight loss but also support overall health and environmental sustainability. Intermittent fasting has emerged as a promising strategy for weight management, while recent advances in microbiome research indicate that gut microbiota modulation may play a relevant role in obesity management. Developments in nutrigenomics provide insights into how genetic variations affect individual responses to diet, paving the way for more targeted interventions. Additionally, new pharmacotherapy options are being developed to complement dietary strategies, offering a multifaceted approach to obesity treatment.
Dr. Joanna Ostrowska
Prof. Dr. Dorota Szostak-Węgierek
Dr. Anna Jeznach-Steinhagen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- weight management
- obesity
- personalized nutrition
- intermittent fasting
- nutrigenomics
- microbiome modulation
- mediterranean diet
- plant-based diet
- macronutrient composition
- pharmacotherapy for weight loss
- energy expenditure
- sustainable weight loss
- sustainable dietary patterns
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