Associations Between Eating Patterns and Risk of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 January 2026 | Viewed by 11
Special Issue Editor
Interests: pediatric nutrition; maternal and child health; lifecourse research; body composition; youth-onset metabolic diseases; childhood obesity
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will highlight studies examining the link between eating patterns and the risk of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), the most common chronic liver disease worldwide. Alongside obesity and type 2 diabetes, the prevalence of MASLD has increased considerably over recent decades, driven by a complex combination of intrinsic and extrinsic factors, including diet- and nutrition-related risk factors. For this Special Issue, we invite the submission of original research articles how various aspects of diet, nutrition, and eating patterns—including the composition, timing, and frequencies of meals, as well as relative adherence to specific dietary patterns—may affect the onset and progression of MASLD. A better understanding of the role of modifiable, dietary risk factors in the pathogenesis of MASLD could help to guide more effective disease prevention strategies and inform dietary interventions for those at risk of, or living with, MASLD.
Dr. Catherine Cohen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- MASLD
- hepatic steatosis
- fibrosis
- dietary assessment
- nutrition
- added sugar
- dietary patterns
- obesity
- saturated fat
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