Dietary Fiber and Human Health
A special issue of Fibers (ISSN 2079-6439).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2018) | Viewed by 6459
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nutritional epidemiology; maternal nutritional status and birth outcomes; dietary patterns and chronic diseases; biomarkers and predictors for nutritional status in large-scale populations
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Dietary fiber consists of non-digestible carbohydrate and lignin that are intrinsic and intact in plants as defined by the Institute of Medicine. The current evidence base highlights the importance of dietary fiber in order to reduce the risk of adverse health outcomes such as some cancers, cardiovascular diseases, obesity and type 2 diabetes. However, findings on the role of dietary fiber in human health and disease are scattered and unclear. The current Special Issue aims to bring together recent reviews and cutting-edge original papers in the field to address current gaps in the evidence base on the role of dietary fiber in human health.
Assist. Prof. Dr. Dayeon ShinGuest Editor
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Keywords
- Dietary fiber
- Human Health
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Type 2 diabetes
- Obesity
- Cancer
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