Lifestyle, Chrononutrition, and Behavioral Determinants of Metabolic Health and Quality of Life
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 June 2026 | Viewed by 17
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nutrition and dietetics; psychology; eating behaviour; eating disorders; chrononutrition; kidney disease; dialysis; diabetes; overweight/obesity; nutritional status; nutritional risk; psychometric properties
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2. Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial e Apoio à Decisão, Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores–Tecnologia e Ciência, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 378, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
Interests: eating behaviour; eating disorders; chrononutrition; overweight/obesity; body composition, food choice; food preferences; biostatistics; clinical nutrition
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Eating behaviour, timing of food intake and lifestyles play a crucial role in shaping metabolic health and quality of life. Emerging evidence highlights the importance of circadian rhythms and chrononutrition in regulating physiological processes, influencing energy balance, metabolic pathways, sleep patterns, and well-being. At the same time, behavioral determinants interact in complex and dynamic ways, contributing either to metabolic regulation or to increased risk for chronic conditions.
This Special Issue aims to contribute to the understanding of how lifestyle and behavioral factors, including chrononutrition and eating behaviour, affect metabolic outcomes and quality of life across the lifespan. We welcome manuscripts describing quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods original research from interdisciplinary perspectives such as nutrition, psychology, medicine, chronobiology, and public health. Studies on instrument development and evaluation, as well as systematic reviews and meta-analyses relevant to the lifestyle behaviors, chrononutrition, metabolic health and related outcomes are also encouraged.
Dr. Rui Poínhos
Dr. Bruno M. P. M. Oliveira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- health
- quality of life
- metabolism
- chrononutrition
- circadian rhythms
- eating behaviour
- lifestyles
- food choice
- meal timing
- determinants
- prevention
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