Effect of Exercise and Diet on Circadian Rhythms and Energy Metabolism
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Obesity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 534
Special Issue Editors
Interests: child nutrition; energy metabolism
Interests: child sleep; mental health; the developing brain
Interests: exercise physiology; physical fitness and sports medicine; gerontology; sport nutrition; frailty; skeletal muscle; sarcopenia; energy metabolism; body composition
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Dear Colleagues,
Circadian rhythms and energy metabolism are two interconnected physiological processes that are crucial to the overall health and wellbeing of children. Circadian rhythms are the body's internal biological clock that guide many physiological processes such as sleep, eating, and metabolism. Proper exercise and diet can help synchronize children’s bodies with the natural day–night cycle, promoting good sleep and rest, thereby making the body healthier and more energetic, and promoting brain development. At the same time, exercise and diet have an important impact on energy metabolism in children. Exercise can increase the body's demand for energy, and promote fat burning and muscle growth, thereby increasing the metabolic rate, and improving the adaptability and plasticity of the brain. However,. There is still much to learn about these complex processes.
Therefore, with this in mind, we encourage the submission of research related to children, including but not limited to the following:
- Studies related to mealtimes and energy metabolism;
- Studies related to effects of the gut microbiota on diet and circadian rhythms;
- Studies related to the impact of environmental changes on diet, exercise, and circadian rhythms;
- Studies related to maternal nutrition and the offspring‘s energy metabolism and brain development;
- Studies related to the effect of enteral feeding patterns on energy metabolism, circadian rhythms, and the prognosis of critically ill children.
Dr. Yi Feng
Dr. Guanghai Wang
Dr. Yosuke Yamada
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sleep–wake cycle
- exercise/screen time
- family/social environment
- gut microbiota
- appetite
- breastfeeding
- brain development
- critically ill children
- feeding pattern
- fasting response
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