Diet and Sleep: The Towers of Lifestyle, Wellness, and Survival

Dear colleagues,

Sleep is a central activity of our daily schedule and closely interacts with nutrition habits. The individual chronotype (owl vs lark) generally influences the time dedicated to the principal meals (breakfast and dinner) but also mobility and lifestyle choices affect food and nutrient intake. Moreover, shift work plays a well-known role in the organization of meals and sleep. Therefore, a Special Issue of Nutrients entitled “Diet and Sleep: The towers of lifestyle, wellness, and survival” could be dedicated to the mutual interaction between food and sleep: the pillars of survival and wellness.

The Special Issue welcomes manuscripts describing original research or reviewing scientific literature. Potential manuscripts include, but are not limited to, works investigating the following aspects:

• The eating patterns of patients with insomnia, narcolepsy, periodic hypersomnolence, restless legs, nocturnal eating syndrome, somnambulism
• Lifestyle habits (diet, physical activity, and sleep) in different populations
• The impact of obesity on sleep behaviors, also before and after dietary and/or surgery intervention
• Sleep and chrono-nutrition for opening new perspectives changing the misleading question “what should I eat to sleep better?” into “when should I eat to sleep better and lose weight?”

Prof. Liborio Parrino
Prof. Francesca Scazzina
Guest Editors

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