Diet and Exercise: Cardiovascular Responses in Health and Disease
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Sports Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2026 | Viewed by 18
Special Issue Editor
Interests: cardiovascular epidemiology; deep medicine; prevention; prediction; machine learning; population study; sex differences; nutrition
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Nutrients (Sports Nutrition) examines how diet and physical activity (exercise) independently and synergistically modulate cardiovascular function across the spectrum of health and disease. We welcome studies in the general public and in populations at elevated risk—such as obesity, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, atrial fibrillation, and heart failure—including cardiac rehabilitation settings.
We invite work on dietary patterns (e.g., Mediterranean, DASH, plant-based, lower-carbohydrate/ketogenic), macro- and micronutrients and bioactives (nitrate, iron, omega-3 fatty acids, polyphenols), hydration and electrolytes, and ergogenic aids (caffeine, creatine, bicarbonate). Outcomes may include blood pressure and haemodynamics, vascular endothelial function, autonomic balance, arrhythmia, cardiac structure and performance, recovery, and biomarkers of stress/injury and inflammation (e.g., BNP/NT-proBNP, troponin). We welcome genomic and multi-omics studies—including nutrigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, lipidomics, and microbiome analyses—to clarify mechanisms, heterogeneity of response, and potential gene–diet and diet–exercise interactions. Submissions leveraging multimodal data (e.g., wearables, ECG/PPG, imaging-derived phenotypes) and robust analytics (causal inference, machine learning) are also encouraged.
We seek a diverse methodological portfolio: randomised trials, mechanistic and cohort studies, real-world database studies, systematic reviews/meta-analyses, and implementation research. Our aim is to translate complex evidence into actionable, practice-ready guidance for clinicians, practitioners, and policy.
Dr. Yoko M. Nakao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cardiovascular diseases
- diet–exercise interactions
- gene–diet interactions
- haemodynamics
- endothelial function
- obesity
- arrhythmia
- heart failure
- micronutrients
- nutrigenomics
- multi-omics
- hydration and electrolytes
- cardiac rehabilitation
- machine learning
- causal inference
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