Health Promotion Begins with Healthy Behaviour and Lifestyle Early in Life
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2020) | Viewed by 48301
Special Issue Editors
Interests: lifestyle medicine; dietary and clinical nutrition; Non-Communicable Diseases; obesity; cardiometabolic diseases; public health
Interests: lifestyle medicine; dietary and clinical nutrition; Non-Communicable Diseases; obesity; cardiometabolic diseases; public health
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Considering the global burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as obesity, cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases, type 2 diabetes, and cancer, prevention strategies should focus on decreasing the exposure to major lifestyle-related risk factors such as unhealthy eating habits, smoking habits, poor sleep quality, and physical inactivity, starting early in life. Indeed, the decline of healthy life expectancy in populations all over the world is of great concern for public health and raises the need for a prompt action firmly and early in life, such as during childhood and/or adolescence.
Regarding dietary habits, low consumption of fruits, vegetables, and fibres, high consumption of fatty and salty foods (fast food, junk food) and of carbonated soft drinks, as well as inappropriate meal times, especially observed in children and adolescents, are the most common habits correlated with increased risk of NCDs. On the contrary, the Mediterranean Diet model has been linked to a number of health benefits, including reduced mortality risk and lower incidence of NCDs.
Adolescence has been indicated as a transition phase of unique opportunities to promote and strengthen health and well-being, with far-reaching consequences in adulthood and the following generation. Therefore, increasing health and nutrition knowledge as well as awareness of the benefits of healthy lifestyle habits is crucial during this period of life and could be a successful strategy to diminish the NCDs’ risk.
Dr. Hellas Cena
Dr. Rachele De Giuseppe
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- lifestyle medicine
- health promotion
- non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
- dietary habits
- mediterranean model
- dietary patterns
- adolescence
- physical activity
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