Nutritional Assessment and Monitoring of Children
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition Methodology & Assessment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 May 2024) | Viewed by 4095
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nutrition assessment; anthropometry; body composition; growth charts; food security; malnutrition; obesity; social inequality
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, assessments of the nutritional status of populations have documented the reduction of undernutrition and the rise in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in most regions of the world. This pattern of nutrition transition was first observed in adults but has since extended to children and adolescents. This new scenario has created new demands and challenged clinicians, epidemiologists, and health officials to develop or adapt the existing assessment methods to cope with it. The current COVID-19 pandemic has made the revision of these procedures an important issue in the policy, public health, clinical, and scientific agendas, particularly due to the rise in food insecurity and undernutrition. As a result, this Special Issue invites original research submissions on the biological, behavioral, and social aspects of nutritional assessment and monitoring in children and adolescents. Contributions may be broad in scope, and possible topics include, but are not limited to, anthropometry and body composition in clinical and survey studies.
Dr. Luiz Antonio Dos Anjos
Dr. Luciene Burlandy Campos De Alcântara
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nutrition assessment
- anthropometry
- body composition
- growth charts
- food security
- malnutrition
- obesity
- social inequality
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