Structured Lifestyle and Nutritional Interventions for the Management of Chronic Diseases
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 September 2026 | Viewed by 244
Editors
Interests: lifestyle medicine; weight management; overweight; obesity; personalized nutrition; microbiome modulation; type 2 diabetes (T2DM); cardiometabolic disorders; insulin resistance; nutritional assesment
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Interests: public health; health promotion; health education; heath behaviours; prophylaxis
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Interests: nutrition; dietetics; nutritional epidemiology; cardiovascular diseases; dyslipidemia; diabetes; obesity; pregnancy; aging
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Chronic diseases, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular conditions and other long-term metabolic disorders, remain among the most pressing challenges for modern healthcare. Growing evidence shows that structured lifestyle and nutritional interventions can substantially improve clinical outcomes, quality of life and long-term disease control when they are appropriately designed and embedded in routine care. This Special Issue focuses on practical, evidence-based approaches that combine nutrition, physical activity, behavioural strategies and, where relevant, digital health solutions to support sustained lifestyle change. We give particular attention to multidisciplinary models, real-world implementation, patient engagement and scalability within healthcare systems.
Dr. Joanna Ostrowska
Dr. Dominik Olejniczak
Prof. Dr. Dorota Szostak-Węgierek
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- chronic disease management
- lifestyle intervention
- nutritional intervention
- behavioural change
- physical activity
- metabolic health
- quality of life (QoL)
- patient-reported outcomes
- type 2 diabetes
- obesity
- cardiovascular disease
- personalised nutrition
- digital health
- multidisciplinary care
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