The Role of Nutritional Interventions in the Prevention and Management of Osteoarthritis
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2026 | Viewed by 501
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bioactive natural compounds; herbal products; inflammatory processes; intracellular pathways; extracellular matrix components; N-acetyl-glucosamine; acetyl-carnitine; nanomaterials
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Interests: osteoarthritis; inflammatory processes; extracellular matrix structure; chondrocytes; synoviocytes; osteoblasts; joint structure; miRNA; extreme environmental; nanoparticles; natural substances; intracellular pathways
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In this Special Issue, we would like to focus on the effects of both diet and nutraceutical supplementation to prevent and/or manage Osteoarthritis. OA regards approximately 8-10% of the world population with ages between 60 and 64, but it can affect also younger people with heavy social–economic impact. The etiology of OA is multifactorial, and some lifestyles can be involved in the onset and progression of OA. In particular, overweight and obesity are important modifiable risk factors in the etiopathogenesis of OA. Thus, eating habits deserve to be explored both for their harmful and beneficial effects. Manuscripts regarding diets that can be detrimental to joint structure, such as saturated fats or high-sugar foods, or diets that can have disease-fighting power versus OA, such as the Mediterranean diet, are welcome. Moreover, manuscripts on plant or herbal extracts as well as on isolated components, both in bulk and nanoparticle forms, or synthetic molecules resembling natural ones are welcome too. Discussions on the appropriateness of certain foods rather than others are particularly welcome. This Special Issue aims to shed light on the role of diet and dietary components in regulating the metabolic processes involved in the development and progression of OA.
Dr. Anna Scotto D'Abusco
Dr. Alessia Mariano
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- osteoarthritis
- saturated fat diet
- Mediterranean diet
- plant extract
- herbal extract
- isolated natural molecules
- synthetic molecules
- nanoparticles
- inflammatory processes
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