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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: 5 May 2025 | Viewed by 1412

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Department of Clinical Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, E Ciołka 27, 01-445 Warsaw, Poland
Interests: lifestyle medicine; weight management; overweight; obesity; personalized nutrition; microbiome modulation; type 2 diabetes (T2DM); cardiometabolic disorders; insulin resistance; nutritional assesment

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Department of Clinical Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, E. Ciołka Str. 7, 01-445 Warsaw, Poland
Interests: nutrition; dietetics; nutritional epidemiology; cardiovascular diseases; dyslipidemia; diabetes; obesity; pregnancy; aging
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Department of Clinical Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, 01-445 Warsaw, Poland
Interests: diabetology; obesity medicine; insulin resistance; lifestyle; metabolic-associated fatty liver disease

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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
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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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Protaetia brevitarsis Hydrolysate Mitigates Muscle Dysfunction and Ectopic Fat Deposition Triggered by a High-Fat Diet in Mice
by Kyungeun Park, Sunyoon Jung, Jung-Heun Ha and Yoonhwa Jeong
Nutrients 2025, 17(2), 213; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17020213 - 8 Jan 2025
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Background/Objectives: Obesity is a key factor in metabolic syndrome (MetS) development. Consumption of a high-fat diet (HFD) accelerates the onset of obesity and associated metabolic complications. Protaetia brevitarsis (PB) has been traditionally utilized in Korean medicine for its antioxidant, anti-diabetic, anticancer, and hepatoprotective [...] Read more.
Background/Objectives: Obesity is a key factor in metabolic syndrome (MetS) development. Consumption of a high-fat diet (HFD) accelerates the onset of obesity and associated metabolic complications. Protaetia brevitarsis (PB) has been traditionally utilized in Korean medicine for its antioxidant, anti-diabetic, anticancer, and hepatoprotective effects. However, specific effects of PB hydrolysate on skeletal muscles have not been fully elucidated. Therefore, this study sought to assess the influence of PB on HFD-induced MetS, focusing on the lipid metabolism and inflammatory responses mediated by AMP-activated protein kinase activation. Methods: To induce obesity, 6-week-old C57BL/6J mice were maintained on an HFD for 8 weeks, after which PB hydrolysate was orally administered for 16 weeks while the HFD regimen was sustained. A glucose tolerance test was conducted orally to evaluate glucose regulation, and forelimb grip strength was assessed upon completion of the experimental period. Histological assessments, serum biochemical analysis, lipid extraction, Western blot analysis, and quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) were performed following euthanasia. Results: PB significantly reduced ectopic lipid deposition in skeletal muscles, enhanced muscle strength, and improved insulin sensitivity by increasing fatty acid oxidation via AMP-activated protein kinase/carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 activation and inhibiting lipogenesis via stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 gene downregulation. Furthermore, PB alleviated HFD-induced low-grade chronic inflammation by decreasing systemic monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 levels, thereby reducing ectopic fat deposition. Conclusions: This study highlights the potential of PB as a nutraceutical to mitigate MetS in HFD-fed mice. Full article
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