Dietary Interventions to Advance Equity in Cardiometabolic Health
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutritional Epidemiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 April 2025 | Viewed by 1232
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nutrition equity; diet-related disparities; health disparities; cardiovascular disease; social and structural determinants of health
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Disparities in cardiometabolic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity are pervasive in the U.S., with racial and ethnic minorities, those of lower socioeconomic status, and rural communities at greatest risk.
Diet is a key modifiable risk factor for these diseases and conditions, accounting for an estimated 11 million non-communicable diseases globally. As highlighted in the NIH Nutrition and Health Disparities Framework, nutrition and diet-related disparities, including cardiometabolic disease disparities, are driven by a multitude of factors (e.g., social and structural determinants) calling for the need for multi-level interventions. Example studies that are needed to promote healthy dietary behaviors in those most impacted by cardiometabolic diseases include: implementation science studies to scale up evidence-based interventions such as the DASH and Mediterranean diets; behavioral economic research to make the healthy choice the easier choice in a variety of food environments in at-risk communities; dietary interventions including culturally tailored programs; Food is Medicine initiatives; and food environment interventions.
This Special Issue calls for research highlighting a variety of dietary interventions to address disparities in cardiometabolic health and advance health equity spanning across the lifespan.
Dr. Alison Brown
Dr. Nicole Farmer
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- health equity
- health disparities
- cardiometabolic diseases
- cardiovascular diseases
- diabetes
- obesity
- nutrition
- diet
- nutrition equity
- nutrition interventions
- dietary interventions
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