Wise Choices: Nutrition, Physical Activity and Mental Health in Treatment and Prevention of Chronic Conditions
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 February 2024) | Viewed by 15236

Special Issue Editors
Interests: integrative medicine; prevention; health promotion in chronic conditions; whole medical systems; traditional medicine
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: integrative medicine; nutrition; traditional medicine; mind-body medicine
Interests: integrative medicine; nutrition; traditional medicine; mind-body medicin
Interests: integrative medicine; health system research; mental health; psycho-social aspects of diseases; health promotion and prevention
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The long-term study ‘Global Burden of Disease’ has demonstrated that genes and medical care for health carry less importance and relevance than previously assumed (Afshin, 2019). On the other hand, individual nutritional and lifestyle factors are highly relevant for a great number of the most prevalent chronic diseases. Along with chronic stress and a lack of exercise, nutrition is one of the most important risk factors for the development of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Lifestyle and nutritional and behavioral medicine are therefore becoming increasingly important in the prevention and treatment of NDCs and chronic conditions for physical and mental health.
This Special Issue will take this into account by addressing links between nutrition, lifestyle, and health in medical care, health promotion, and prevention. Alongside clinical studies, narrative/scoping/systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and selected case-report submissions are also welcome.
We look forward to your contributions!
Prof. Dr. Georg Seifert
Dr. Christian Kessler
Dr. Michael Jeitler
Dr. Wiebke Stritter
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- lifestyle medicine
- behavioral medicine
- non-communicable diseases
- chronic diseases
- diet
- nutrition
- mental health
- physical activity
- whole medical systems
- traditional medicine
- integrative medicine
- complementary medicine
- mind-body medicine
- phytotherapy
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