Effects of Nutrition and Physical Activity Lifestyle Interventions on Childhood Obesity (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Obesity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 January 2026 | Viewed by 8
Special Issue Editor
Interests: diets or nutritional supplements across a lifespan; lifestyle interventions; especially to prevent diabetes and cardiovascular disease; obesity prevention strategies in children and adolescents; cellular physiological mechanisms determining adaptations to exercise training or nutritional supplementation
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Dear Colleagues,
Childhood obesity continues to increase globally in both developed and developing countries, leading to debilitating chronic diseases. Childhood obesity has quadrupled over the last four decades, and obesity complications and comorbidities are no longer adult diseases but are becoming highly prevalent among children and adolescents, especially diabetes, hypertension, fatty liver and cardiorespiratory diseases. Interventions at all levels are needed, especially regarding lifestyle.
This Special Issue aims to bring research on lifestyle obesity interventions to the forefront of science. Nutritional eating behaviour and physical activity are the two modifiable factors towards disease-free living. Interventions aimed at modifying diets and nutritional supplementation, either alone or with modifications to physical activity or exercise, are a contemporary scientific issue across an individual’s lifespan from childhood to older age. Therefore, we welcome submissions that further our understanding of obesity determinants in early years and physical activity/exercise intervention approaches.
Preventative interventions against childhood obesity in the home, school, healthcare and community settings can be effective. Evidence suggests that interventions must target the appropriate developmental stage and ideally include multiple components (e.g., nutrition and physical activity) and settings or levels (e.g., family, school, policy, neighbourhood environment). This can help ameliorate the physiological-based risks of obesity, including metabolic, hormonal and immunological adversities.
All study types (clinical and randomised trials, physiological, behavioural, and psycho-social) and designs (interventions, epidemiology, cross-sectional, modelling) are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Ahmad Alkhatib
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- childhood obesity
- prevalence
- determinants
- interventions
- exercise
- physical activity
- nutrition
- diet
- behaviours
- physiology adaptations
- obesity comorbidity
- obesity diabetes
- prevention of paediatric disease
- lifestyle
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