Precision Nutrition & Food Security in the Digital Era. Nutrigenetics & Nutrition during the Life Cycle

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, the general trend has been to pay increasing attention towards nutrition and health status, which is often assessed throughout the life cycle. Scientists' concerns are directed towards diverse topics such as food consumption and specific nutrients, critical micronutrients (e.g., iodine, folate, vitamin D), food quality and food safety, dietary patterns and related trends, sustainable diets and food organic foods, reducing food waste, diet in Nordic countries, progress made in studying various food patterns, medical nutrition, impact of nutrition on immune function, and early intervention in lifestyle, all which have a major impact on preventing and treating chronic diseases.

Cardio-metabolic diseases, such as overweight and obesity, cardiovascular diseases, stroke, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, liver diseases, and various types of cancer are the main causes of mortality and disability worldwide. It is true that genetic and environmental factors play a role in increasing the risk of these diseases. However, eating behavior and lifestyle are determining factors involved in the occurrence of the non-communicable diseases listed above. Additionally, the good news is that lifestyle and eating habits are modifiable factors. Moreover, the risk for the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases derives from intrauterine life. Additionally, the eating habits formed in the first years of life have a major impact on health in adulthood. This therefore becomes a legitimate concern related to eating habits and lifestyle, both at the global, regional, and national level, but especially at the individual level.

Additionally, in recent decades, nutritional research has shifted its focus from the effects of individual foods and nutrients to the study of dietary patterns, assuming that certain food/nutrient combinations may have synergistic/antagonistic effects compared to individual elements.

Modern nutritional theories are based on nutritional genetics, which studies the molecular genetic mechanisms through which diet predisposes to chronic diseases and premature aging through its two branches: nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics.

In this Special Issue, theoretical and experimental contributions as full-length original research articles, literature reviews, and short communications are welcome to be submitted.

We welcome and look forward to your submissions.

Prof. Dr. Doina Drǎgǎnescu
Prof. Dr. Andreea Letitia Arsene
Dr. Magdalena Mititelu
Dr. Denisa Udeanu
Dr. Anca Lucia Pop
Dr. Emma Adriana Ozon
Guest Editors

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