Effects of Lifestyle Factors and Dietary Composition on Energy Metabolism and Weight Regulation

Dear Colleagues,

Calories and energy balance are considered the most important factors influencing weight, body composition, and various health outcomes. Excess weight, in particular, is associated with several diseases, a worse quality of life, and a reduced life expectancy.

However, energy balance can be influenced by various lifestyle and nutritional factors, including the availability of macro- and micronutrients in the diet, the type and duration of physical activity carried out, chronobiology and meal timing, circadian and biological rhythms, the gut microbiota, dietary supplements, endocrine disruptors, medications, stress, social life, aging, and inflammation.

Energy metabolism is centrally regulated at the hypothalamic level. The hypothalamus combines peripheral signals to determine when to store, mobilize, expend, or assimilate calories.

This Special Issue aims to explore the factors and mechanisms that influence energy metabolism and to examine their roles in regulating body weight and contributing to the development of obesity.

We warmly invite you to contribute your work to this field. Original research, meta-analysis, and review articles are considered appropriate for inclusion in this Special Issue.

Dr. Andrea Deledda
Dr. Giuseppe Annunziata
Dr. Luigi Barrea
Dr. Fernanda Velluzzi
Guest Editors

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