Promotion of a Healthy Nutrition and an Active Lifestyle Across the Lifespan and in Different Settings
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutritional Policies and Education for Health Promotion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 June 2026 | Viewed by 110
Special Issue Editor
Interests: health promotion across the lifespan; hygiene; nutrition education and policies, formal and informal education for health and well-being; community medicine; community engagement
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The promotion of a healthy nutrition and an active lifestyle acroos the lifespan is very important for appropriate growth and development as well as physical, mental, and social health and well-being. In order to achieve this, policies, measures, and programmes should target different population groups using different settings as an access point for them.
This Special Issue focuses on data gathering, developing, implementing, and evaluating different initiatives with regard to promotion of healthy nutrition and an active lifestyle across the lifespan.
This Special Issue is open to reviews and original research papers addressing themes such as:
- Assessment of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours related to nutrition, food safety and physical activity among different population groups;
- Analyses of measures and policies which targets nutrition and physical activities in different countries;
- Development, implementation and evaluation of educational programes which promotes healthy nutrition and physical activity in different settings;
- Formal and informal education related to nutrition, physical activity and well-being among different population groups;
- The use of creative and inspiring communication strategies to promote a healthy lifestyle in the digital era;
Creation of suportive environments which encourage and enable a healthy lifestyle.
Prof. Dr. Lucia Maria Lotrean
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- healthy nutrition
- active lifestyle
- educational programmes
- health communication
- nutrition policies
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