Chrononutrition and Metabolic Health During Pregnancy
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition in Women".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 June 2026 | Viewed by 1
Special Issue Editors
Interests: gestational diabetes; pregnancy nutrition; obesity management; type 2 diabetes; circadian rhythms
Interests: diet; pregnancy; nutrients; birth outcomes; cardiovascular disease; metabolic health
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Dear Colleagues,
Suboptimal nutritional intake during pregnancy is a risk factor associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. In the last decade, the advancement of research in chronobiology revealed that numerous metabolic processes, including glucose metabolism, are under the governance of the body’s internal circadian system. Chrononutrition investigates how the timing of food intake, in addition to food quantity and quality, influences metabolic health through the circadian system.
Chrononutrition has received increasing interest in preventing or managing metabolic disorders in the non-pregnant population but is understudied in pregnant women. To address this gap in research, we invite the latest research investigating the role of eating time, eating frequency, distribution of macronutrients across a day, and/or other aspects of chrononutrition on metabolic health during pregnancy.
Dr. Kai Liu
Dr. Jessica A. Grieger
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metabolism
- pregnancy
- pregnancy nutrition
- insulin resistance
- hyperglycemia
- gestational diabetes
- chrononutrition
- circadian rhythms
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