Appetite, Eating Behaviors and Obesity
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 May 2022) | Viewed by 12657
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The regulation of food intake is becoming an increasingly important global issue due to the significant and continual rise in obesity. As experts who research the field, we are all acutely aware of the limited treatments, with limited efficacy, available for reducing appetite and food intake in order to reduce weight. The influence of dietary nutrients along with the products of bacterial fermentation as key factors in stimulating and regulating peripheral neural targets suggests a significant link between the enteric nervous system, the autonomic nervous system, and the hypothalamic centres of appetite regulation. The neurohormonal and cellular mechanisms arising in the gut in response to the luminal environment, leading to communication with intrinsic and extrinsic neuronal innervation, are fundamental pathways in appetite and eating behaviours. Indeed, the influence of diet and microbial fermentation products on food choices are clearly evident, following, for example, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and alterations to the gut microbiome.
As an expert in the field, it is with great pleasure that I invite you to provide a scientific paper for this Special Issue of Nutrients, titled "Appetite, Eating Behaviour and Obesity". Since you have an outstanding track record of research, clinical expertise, and publications in this field, we would much appreciate your contribution to this journal. Our goal is to provide the best and most updated information to all researchers and health care providers, to allow them to understand and incorporate the latest research and opinions on the pathways regulating appetite and food choices into their treatment of obesity. We also hope that this Special Issue will inspire others in this field to continue research and publications on this topic. Please join me as part of this Special Issue of Nutrients in order to make this an exciting and timely publication on this important topic.
Dr. Madusha Peiris
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- appetite
- metabolism
- food intake
- obesity
- enteric nervous system
- vagal
- dietary nutrients
- short-chain fatty acids
- autonomic nervous system
- hypothalamus
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