Food Consumption Behavior and Public Health
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (24 March 2023) | Viewed by 25787
Special Issue Editor
Interests: food consumption; nutrition-related health; consumer behavior; agricultural markets
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Dear Colleagues,
With the rapid changes in urbanization and economic development, especially in the era of Covid pandemic, food consumption behaviors have changed remarkably. Meanwhile, as a result of unhealthy diets and lifestyles, the prevalence of overweigh and obesity shows an increasing trend, driving the global burden of noncommunicable diseases and nutrition-related health issue. Therefore, along the whole food value chain, food strategies should not solely focus on ensuring food security but should also highlight the importance of adequate quantities of safe and good quality foods, achieving a healthy diet. Food consumption behaviors and nutrition-related health could be influenced by various factors under plenty of complex interactions. These factors include family income, food price, individual preferences, geographical and environmental factors, cultural and ethical traditions, as well as food environment, which interplay with each other and shape dietary consumption patterns in specific ways. This special issue aims to gather the studies from various aspects to understand how and to what extent food consumption behaviour could be affected from different aspects and their consequences to the public health. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Household food consumption patterns;
- Food preference and consumption behavior;
- Unhealthy or risky consumption behavior;
- Role of food environment in food consumption;
- Nutrition transition and nutrition-related health issues;
- Dietary qaulity and nutrition outcomes;
- Future perspectives for food consumption;
- Potential challenges of pulic health.
Prof. Dr. Yanjun Ren
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- food consumption
- consumer behavior
- food security
- healthy diet
- nutrition transition
- public health
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