Eating Behaviors and Lifestyle in Body Weight and Health
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Obesity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 April 2026 | Viewed by 134
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Public Health, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Tilžės Str. 18, 47181 Kaunas, Lithuania
Interests: diet quality; eating behaviour; body weight; obesity; weight management practices; health; lifestyle
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Interests: health data management and analysis; epidemiological methods; statistics in epidemiology; health monitoring evaluation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Unhealthy eating behaviors, poor diet quality, and imbalanced body weight are pressing public health concerns worldwide. Modern lifestyles characterized by high-calorie food availability, sedentary habits, irregular eating patterns, and daily routines that disrupt balanced nutrition have contributed to rising rates of overweight, obesity, and other chronic diseases. Maintaining a healthy body weight is important not only for preventing chronic disease but also for supporting physical function and overall well-being.
Moreover, personal attitudes toward body image and societal pressures to achieve a so-called “ideal” body weight can significantly influence eating behavior aspects, including food choice and dietary patterns. These factors may drive individuals to follow restrictive diets or other unhealthy practices, making them essential to consider when addressing public health challenges related to nutrition and body weight.
This Special Issue aims to explore the complex relationships between dietary habits, diet quality, eating behavior aspects (such as food choice and intake patterns), and other lifestyle factors, including physical inactivity and sleep quality, and their impact on body weight and health. We welcome original research and review articles addressing dietary habits, diet quality, eating behavior aspects, body weight, obesity, unhealthy weight loss practices, nutrition-related lifestyle factors, and their effects on chronic disease prevention and overall health outcomes.
Dr. Vilma Kriaucioniene
Prof. Dr. Rima Kregždytė
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- dietary habits
- diet quality
- eating behavioral aspects
- body weight
- obesity
- weight management practices
- health
- lifestyle
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