Food Insecurity, Nutrition and Obesity Outcomes in Adolescents and Young Adults
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2023) | Viewed by 30997
Special Issue Editors
Interests: adolescent obesity treatment and nutrition and obesity policy; understanding and reducing systematic inequities that drive persistent racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in obesity and related conditions
Interests: understanding the interplay of behavioral, psychological, and environmental determinants of obesity and cardiometabolic risk; developing novel and sustainable interventions to promote cardiovascular health and psychological wellbeing among underserved populations
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Adolescent and young adult (AYA) developmental periods are marked by high rates of overweight and obesity, and suboptimal dietary patterns are frequently observed. Food insecurity is also prominent among AYAs, contributing to racial and ethnic inequities in numerous chronic illnesses, including obesity and obesity- and diet-related comorbidities. Food insecurity likely plays a role in the less optimal responses to dietary and obesity interventions that are observed in individuals from systematically minoritized backgrounds, who often lack consistent access to healthy food. The AYA developmental period is unique from other age groups, with increasing evidence that dietary and obesity intervention approaches must be appropriately tailored to these age groups, yet AYAs are under-represented in the scientific literature in this area, with particular gaps among AYAs with food insecurity. There is thus a great need to advance understanding of the interplay between food insecurity and nutrition and obesity outcomes during these developmental periods, to build an evidence base to inform policy, public health, clinical, and scientific agendas, and ultimately reduce nutritional and obesity inequities.
This Special Issue of Nutrients entitled “Food Insecurity and Nutrition and Obesity Outcomes in Adolescents and Young Adults” welcomes the submission of original manuscripts describing research conducted in adolescents and/or young adults, spanning ages ~12–29 years, working on this topic. Longitudinal investigations, intervention research (including randomized controlled or clinical trials), cross-sectional studies, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and commentaries are welcome, as are studies that span community, school, clinical, and other settings.
Prof. Dr. Melanie K. Bean
Prof. Dr. Jessica G. LaRose
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- food insecurity
- nutrition insecurity
- adolescents
- young adults
- obesity
- dietary behaviors
- dietary intake
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