Dietary Patterns and Lifestyle in Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Prevention
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2026 | Viewed by 38
Special Issue Editors
Interests: diet; nutrition; prevention; lifestyles; cardiovascular disease; preventive medicine; trajectories; mediterranean diet; obesity
Interests: diet; nutrition; dietary assessment; dietary patterns; obesity; metabolic syndrome; steatotic liver disease; sleep apnea; mediterranean diet; lifestyle interventions
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Lifestyle patterns, including dietary habits, physical activity level, smoking habits, and sleep patterns, are major contributors that can protect or predispose against cardiovascular disease. This Special Issue, titled “Dietary Patterns and Lifestyle in Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Prevention”, will focus on these areas. In terms of cardiovascular disease risk and prevention, some lifestyle factors (e.g., dietary, physical activity, and smoking habits) are well-studied, while others have gained attention more recently (e.g., sleep duration and quality); however, their complex interactions remain poorly elucidated. Moreover, while it is well-appreciated that adherence to a prudent plant-based dietary pattern is beneficial for—cardiovascular—health, multiple dietary patterns fall into this category. Comparisons between the various dietary patterns—plant-based or fad diets—in terms of their nutritional components, long-term sustainability, taking into account an individual’s lifestyle, or planetary sustainability, as well as their comparative performance against cardiovascular disease, are still of interest both for clinical practice and public health.
This Special Issue welcomes original articles, including observational or intervational studies, as well as reviews, such as systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Submisisons are encouraged to investigate potential interactions between lifestyle characteristics or between lifestyle and other factors (e.g., sociodemographic, biochemical, clinical, and psychological factors) and their association with cardiovascular disease risk.
Dr. Evangelia Damigou
Dr. Michael Georgoulis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- dietary patterns
- lifestyles
- prevention
- cardiovascular disease risk
- preventive cardiology
- diet
- nutrition
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