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Nutrition and Brain Health Across the Lifespan: Insights into Mental, Cognitive, and Sleep Outcomes in Health and Disease

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 December 2025 | Viewed by 3057

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Piril Hepsomali

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School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6ET, UK
Interests: nutritional psychiatry; gut–brain axis; neuroscience; psychobiotics; functional foods; inflammation
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Prof. Dr. Adele Costabile

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School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Roehampton, London SW15 4JD, UK
Interests: gut microbiota and microbiome; functional foods; clinical nutrition; metagenomics and microbial genomics; metabolomics; metabolic health
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

There is growing evidence that nutrition is vital role for supporting mental well-being, cognitive function, and sleep health through varied interacting biological and neural mechanisms. This Special Issue invites cutting-edge contributions from in vitro, preclinical, and human studies, including cross-sectional, longitudinal, and intervention-based designs, that explore how nutrition influences brain health across the human lifespan, from early development to older adulthood. We are particularly interested in work that investigates or elucidates underlying mechanistic pathways in both healthy individuals and clinical populations across all stages of life. We welcome a wide range of manuscript types, including original research articles, systematic, narrative and scoping reviews, meta-analyses, short communications, and commentaries and perspectives.

Dr. Piril Hepsomali
Prof. Dr. Adele Costabile
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • nutritional psychiatry and neuroscience
  • gut microbiome
  • oral microbiome
  • gut–brain axis
  • systemic and neuroinflammation
  • cognitive function
  • mental health
  • sleep and circadian rhythms
  • cognitive development
  • infant and child brain health
  • adolescent mental health
  • aging and cognitive decline
  • psychobiotics
  • functional foods
  • nutrition
  • diet
  • brain imaging
  • neurotransmitters
  • non-communicable diseases
  • metabolic disorders

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Association Between Working Memory at Age 4 Years and Night Sleep Duration and Yogurt Intake Frequency at Age 1 Year
by Yuki Otsuka, Shoji Itakura, Motonobu Watanabe, Kumiko Kanatani, Kyoko Hirabayashi, Fusako Niwa and Takeo Nakayama
Nutrients 2025, 17(19), 3081; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17193081 - 27 Sep 2025
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Background/Objectives: This cohort study examined the effects of sleep durations (night, day, and total daily) at ages 1, 1.5, and 3 years on working memory (WM) assessed at age 4, measured using forward digit span. Methods: Because frequency of yogurt intake [...] Read more.
Background/Objectives: This cohort study examined the effects of sleep durations (night, day, and total daily) at ages 1, 1.5, and 3 years on working memory (WM) assessed at age 4, measured using forward digit span. Methods: Because frequency of yogurt intake at 1 year has been shown to affect sleep duration at 3 years, we also accounted for the association between frequency of yogurt intake at 1 year and sleep duration, based on a recent study indicating positive effects of yogurt on sleep. The study included 164 mother–child pairs observed from ages 1 to 4. Results: Spearman correlations and hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that both night sleep duration and yogurt intake at age 1 were significantly associated with WM performance at age 4. In this sample, however, yogurt intake was not correlated with sleep duration. Conclusions: To a limited degree, both yogurt intake frequency and night sleep duration at 1 year were associated with WM performance at 4 years, indicating that frequent yogurt intake at 1 year and longer night sleep duration may lead to higher WM performance at 4 years. Full article
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How Important Are Dietary Habits Compared to Other Factors for Sleep Quality?—An Analysis Using Data from a Specific Region in Japan
by Makoto Hazama, Hiroyo Kagami-Katsuyama, Naohito Ito, Mari Maeda-Yamamoto and Jun Nishihira
Nutrients 2025, 17(17), 2787; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17172787 - 27 Aug 2025
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Background/Objectives: The improvement of sleep quality is unquestionably a critical issue in public health. While numerous factors influence sleep quality, the relative importance of dietary habits remains insufficiently understood. The objective of this study is to evaluate the contribution of dietary habits [...] Read more.
Background/Objectives: The improvement of sleep quality is unquestionably a critical issue in public health. While numerous factors influence sleep quality, the relative importance of dietary habits remains insufficiently understood. The objective of this study is to evaluate the contribution of dietary habits by quantitatively comparing the effects of various determinants of sleep quality. Methods: Using sleep diary data from healthy males and females residing in a specific region of Japan, we estimated a dynamic multivariate panel model (DMPM) to obtain posterior predictive distributions on a scale that allows for comparisons across factor categories. Three outcome variables were adopted to measure sleep quality: presence or absence of daytime drowsiness, ease of falling asleep, and ease of waking up. The determinants of sleep quality examined in the analysis were categorized into six groups: stress factors, bedtime conditions, weather conditions, physical characteristics, exercise habits, and dietary habits. Results: The analysis revealed that although there were some seasonal and gender differences, dietary habits showed effect sizes that were no smaller than those of other determinants across all outcome variables. Conclusions: These results suggest that improving dietary habits, along with enhancing exercise habits and bedtime conditions, is a valid and equally important strategy for promoting better sleep. Full article
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