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Dietary Intake and Behavior: The Impact of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutritional Epidemiology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2025) | Viewed by 1278

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Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
Interests: dietary intake; undernutrition; obesity; chronic disease; cardiovascular disease
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National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
Interests: dietary intake; dietary intake; hypertension; overweight and obesity; dietary behaviours
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Dietary nutrients intake influences nutritional and health statuses throughout the course of life. Adequate dietary nutrient intake ensures proper growth and development from infancy and early childhood to the teenage years, and improves adulthood and older adulthood health. In light of the importance of nutriton and health, this Special Issue will present a series of articles that address the role of dietary nutrient intake in undernutrition, overweight and obesity, hypertension, diabetes, hyperuricemia, metabolic syndrome, the immune system, etc. The main findings from these papers will provide solid evidence to policymakers on improving nutrition and health, as well on nutrition interventions among all age groups.

Dr. Xiangqian Lao
Dr. Dongmei Yu
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Keywords

  • dietary nutrients intake
  • nutrition status
  • undernutrition
  • overweight and obesity
  • hypertension
  • metabolic syndrome
  • diabetes
  • hyperuricemia
  • immune system

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Bread Composition and Dietary Fibre Intake: Modelling Consumption Patterns and Substitution of White with Wholegrain Bread
by Hristo Hristov, Živa Lavriša and Igor Pravst
Nutrients 2025, 17(22), 3523; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17223523 - 11 Nov 2025
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Background/Objectives: Inadequate dietary fibre intake remains a public health concern across Europe, particularly for adolescents. Bread is a widely consumed staple and a potential vehicle for improving dietary fibre intake. This study aimed to quantify the dietary fibre content of commonly consumed breads [...] Read more.
Background/Objectives: Inadequate dietary fibre intake remains a public health concern across Europe, particularly for adolescents. Bread is a widely consumed staple and a potential vehicle for improving dietary fibre intake. This study aimed to quantify the dietary fibre content of commonly consumed breads and assess their contribution to daily dietary fibre intake in the Slovenian population, with a focus on adolescents. Methods: A total of 58 bread samples were analysed using an accredited enzymatic-gravimetric method. Consumption data were drawn from the nationally representative SI.Menu dietary survey. Results: A substantial variation in dietary fibre content was observed across bread types, with wholegrain breads providing the highest levels (mean: 7.5 g/100 g) and white wheat breads the lowest (2.9 g/100 g). In adolescents, white wheat bread was most often consumed, contributing disproportionately to total bread intake and limiting dietary fibre intake. We modelled two substitution scenarios, replacing 30% and 50% of white wheat bread with wholegrain bread, which resulted in mean dietary fibre increases of 1.4 g/day and 2.0 g/day, respectively. Conclusions: These findings demonstrate that realistic bread substitution strategies—particularly in institutional settings such as schools—could significantly improve dietary fibre intake in youth populations. The study also underscores the need for clearer regulatory definitions and labelling of wholegrain bread, especially in non-prepacked products. Full article
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