Nutrition and Lifestyle Intervention on Child Obesity
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Obesity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 April 2024) | Viewed by 10193
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nutrition; food security; nutritional, physical, and emotional health across the life span
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Children, especially minorities from limited-resource households and rural communities, have the highest rates obesity, and have maintained the highest rates of overweight and obesity for many years. Childhood obesity is considered a complex system in which behavior is affected by multiple individual-, family-, community- and environmental-level factors that enable or constrain the sustained balance or imbalance between dietary intake and physical activity. Thus, the constellation of health behaviors and settings that place children at increased risk for obesity must be simultaneously addressed through novel approaches. Understanding the effectiveness of interventions is essential for childhood obesity prevention.
This Special Issue will focus on the “Nutrition and Lifestyle Intervention on Child Obesity” as it pertains to the implementation and evaluation of family and community-based interventions for preventing obesity and promoting healthy behaviors. In addition to one or two systematic literature reviews, we are interested in original research that focuses on theory-based novel interventions that utilize quasi-experimental or experimental design.
Prof. Dr. Joseph Sharkey
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Nutrients is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- childhood obesity prevention
- family intervention
- community intervention
- obesity management
- policies, systems, and environment
- community-engaged research
- faith-based intervention
- fruit and vegetable intake
- intervention evaluation
Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue
- Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
- Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
- Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
- External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
- e-Book format: Special Issues with more than 10 articles can be published as dedicated e-books, ensuring wide and rapid dissemination.
Further information on MDPI's Special Issue polices can be found here.