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Mega-Trend: Sustainable Nutrition and Human Health

A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2025 | Viewed by 735

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Magdalena Gibas-Dorna

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Collegium Medicum, Institute of Health Sciences, University of Zielona Gora, 28 Zyty Street, 65-046 Zielona Gora, Poland
Interests: human physiology and pathophysiology; health sciences; nutrition in different populations; regulation of food intake
Prof. Dr. Ewa Pruszynska-Oszmalek

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Department of Animal Physiology, Biochemistry and Biostructure, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Poznan University of Life Sciences, 60-637 Poznan, Poland
Interests: human and animal physiology and pathophysiology; obesity and other non-communicable diseases

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to publish high-quality scientific papers regarding current trends in sustainable nutrition that directly contribute to human health.

We welcome different types of manuscript submissions, including research papers as well as meta-analyses and up-to-date review articles that will shed a new light on the key concepts and questions regarding sustainable nutrition.

Sustainable nutrition, which directly impacts human health, is based on a holistic approach to dieting, including dietary recommendations and nutrient intake goals, taking into account the three pillars of sustainability: environmental, social/cultural, and economic sustainability. We encourage authors to submit their manuscripts to our Special Issue entitled “Mega-Trend: Sustainable Nutrition and Human Health”, as we believe your work may contribute to a focused and up-to-date body of knowledge on this particular topic.

Potential topics may include, but are not limited to, the current dietary recommendations for different populations, preventive and corrective actions against malnutrition, factors involved in nutritional inequality, causes and consequences of malnutrition, and social and economic factors impacting sustainable nutrition and human health worldwide.

Prof. Dr. Magdalena Gibas-Dorna
Prof. Dr. Ewa Pruszynska-Oszmalek
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • sustainable nutrition
  • dietary recommendations
  • nutritional inequality
  • public health

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Plant-Based Diet Indices with Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Risk of Cardiometabolic Diseases and All-Cause Mortality: Longitudinal China Cohort Study
by Yiqian Lv, Man Wu, Wenjing Liu, Ke Liu, Yin Wang, Zhixin Cui, Qishan Ma and Huicui Meng
Nutrients 2025, 17(7), 1152; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17071152 - 26 Mar 2025
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Background: Environmental and cardiometabolic impacts of adherence to plant-based dietary patterns with different quality are unclear. Objectives: To investigate the associations between adherence to the overall, healthy, and unhealthy plant-based dietary patterns, as assessed by the plant-based diet index (PDI), healthy PDI [...] Read more.
Background: Environmental and cardiometabolic impacts of adherence to plant-based dietary patterns with different quality are unclear. Objectives: To investigate the associations between adherence to the overall, healthy, and unhealthy plant-based dietary patterns, as assessed by the plant-based diet index (PDI), healthy PDI (hPDI), and unhealthy PDI (uPDI), respectively, and risk of myocardial infarction (MI), type 2 diabetes (T2D), stroke, and all-cause mortality and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Methods: Data from adults (N = 14,652 for cardiometabolic diseases and 15,318 for all-cause mortality) in the China Health and Nutrition Survey (1997–2015 wave) were analyzed. PDI, hPDI, and uPDI scores were calculated with dietary intake data. The total GHG emissions were calculated by summing the amount of emissions from all food groups included in the index. Cox proportional hazard regression models and linear regression models were used for statistical analysis. Results: Greater adherence to an unhealthy plant-based dietary pattern, as reflected by higher uPDI scores, was positively associated with risk of MI (Q5 vs. Q1: HR = 5.90; 95% CI: 2.59–13.48), T2D (Q5 vs. Q1: HR = 2.18; 95% CI: 1.75–2.73), stroke (Q5 vs. Q1: HR = 5.96; 95% CI: 2.86–12.42) and all-cause mortality (Q5 vs. Q1: HR = 6.87; 95% CI: 4.70–10.03). PDI scores were inversely associated with the risk of MI, T2D, and all-cause mortality, and hPDI scores were inversely and positively associated with the risk of T2D and stroke, respectively. All scores were inversely associated with GHG emissions (all p-trends < 0.001). Conclusions: Long-term adherence to unhealthy plant-based dietary patterns guided by higher uPDI scores may be a risk factor for new-onset cardiometabolic diseases and all-cause death in Chinese adults. Food-based dietary guidelines, clinicians, and dietitians should consider the quality of plant-based dietary patterns prior to making recommendations for both healthy individuals and those with elevated cardiometabolic disease risk. Full article
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