Dietary Behavior and Cognition
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 October 2020) | Viewed by 4800
Special Issue Editor
Interests: cognition; aging; neurodegenerative disease; carotenoids; nutrition; dietary behavior; visual function; lifespan brain development
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Nutrients will focus on the ways in which dietary behavior, broadly defined, impacts cognitive function (also broadly defined). In this Special Issue, we will keep our definitions of “dietary behavior” and “cognition” somewhat broad to enable the inclusion of submissions from a variety of disciplines and methodological approaches.
The body of work supporting a role of dietary behavior in cognitive function is growing, but the public health importance of this work cannot be overstated. Many of the bioactive components of nutritious diets do not currently have established Dietary Reference Intakes, which are used to recommend healthy dietary change and to guide data collection that further impacts nutrition policy. Consequently, research that may be used to guide nutrition policy is especially welcome.
Although clinical trial evidence is often considered the gold standard of evidence in public health, nutrition is not a drug. Studying nutrition using this methodology is useful, but it is not the only kind of evidence that should be used in decision-making. Consequently, this Special Issue will welcome submissions from all areas of nutrition science, cognitive science, and neurosciences, including laboratory studies, animal modeling, and work with human subjects.
We welcome original research reports, public health commentaries, and up-to-date reviews. Topics include, but are not limited to: dietary intervention and cognitive function; nutrition and lifespan brain development; dietary intervention and mental health; nutritional epidemiology for neurodegenerative disease; functional results of nutritional supplementation; dietary change and nutrition policy; nutrition and neurodegenerative disease risk; and associations between (or changes in) neurological structure/function and diet.
Dr. Lisa M. Renzi-Hammond
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- nutrition
- neurodegenerative disease
- cognitive function
- nutrition policy
- dietary change
- nutritional epidemiology
- dietary supplementation
