Nutrition, Weight, and Health Outcomes in Adolescents and Young Adults
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Obesity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2023) | Viewed by 7367
Special Issue Editors
Interests: overweight; childhood cancer survivors; adolescent; obesity; pediatric health outcomes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, the prevalence of adolescent and young adult obesity has dramatically increased worldwide and, in many countries, has resulted in a major public health issue. Obesity is a complex disorder determined by both genetic and environmental factors, but also by their interaction. Obesity in adolescents and young adults is the phenotypic expression of the interaction between polygenic inheritance with food intake and physical activity habits. Studies focused on increasing our understanding of diet and overweight/obesity have been published. However, the role of diet in the etiology of overweight/obesity remains controversial. You are invited to submit proposals for manuscripts that fit the objectives and the topics of this Special Issue.
This Special Issue, “Nutrition, Weight, and Health Outcomes in Adolescents and Young Adults”, aims to publish selected papers detailing worldwide trends in weight status and specific aspects of diet and nutrition. Particularly, papers (reviews and/or clinical or experimental studies) dealing with trends of overweight and obesity among adolescents and young adults (AYA) across different continents, and especially those studying the potential relationships between these trends and relations with eating behaviors and health outcomes, will be included.
Prof. Dr. Marilyn Stern
Dr. Sylvia Crower
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- overweight
- obesity
- BMI
- weight status
- adiposity
- adolescent
- young adult
- health
- nutrition
- dietary intake
- physical activity
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