Nutritional Strategies to Prevent Weight Gain and Obesity

Dear Colleagues,

Overweight and obesity continue to escalate around the world; in this issue, we are looking for interventions, policies, and health promotion programs that have proven successful in preventing these phenomena. We welcome studies across all age groups, socioeconomic groups, and races. Prevention and health promotion in children, adolescents, and adults will be included provided they encompass a nutritional component. Studies of changes in food environments that positively impact the consumption of energy-dense foods (ultraprocessed foods) and diet are welcomed. Policy changes, taxation, food discounting, and behavioural nudges that positively impact on populations’ food consumption and lower the intake of sugar, salt, and saturated-fat-laden foods will be included. At the individual level, studies of various medical nutrition therapies or very-low-calorie diets can be included. Above all, we are seeking the good news on what is working to reverse or prevent the obesity epidemic.

Prof. Dr. Margaret Allman-Farinelli
Dr. Stephanie Partridge
Guest Editors

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