The Role of Preventive Nutrition in Cardio-Metabolic Disease

Dear Colleagues,

The prevalence of chronic metabolic diseases remains high in the US. Type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases, which remains the leading cause of death in this country. The healthcare cost savings of preventive medicine are indisputable. Diet plays a role in low-grade systemic inflammation and metabolic dysfunction, which are the common hallmarks of cardiometabolic diseases. Following healthy dietary patterns, such as one recommended by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the Mediterranean diet, the DASH diet and plant-based diets, has been associated with a lower risk of developing cardiometabolic diseases. Nevertheless, adherence to these population-based recommendations has been challenging. Furthermore, interindividual variability in response to diet interventions suggests that personalized/precision nutrition approaches may be more effective strategies to promote adherence, reduce specific metabolic risks and improve health outcomes through tailored interventions. Thus, this Special Issue welcomes original research and review articles that provide insight into the latest research on strategies and interventions that describe how healthy dietary patterns can reduce the incidence of cardiometabolic diseases. 

Dr. Mariana C. Calle
Dr. Catherine J. Andersen
Guest Editors

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• cardiovascular disease
• type 2 diabetes
• metabolic syndrome
• nutrigenomics
• nutrigenetics
• personalized/precision nutrition
• lifestyle interventions
• anti-inflammatory diet patterns
• plant-based diets
• Mediterranean diet
• DASH diet
• whole foods
• dietary bioactives
• antioxidant-rich foods