Dietary Habits in Children and Adolescents and Their Effects on Obesity and Cardiovascular Diseases
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 July 2025 | Viewed by 1381
Special Issue Editors
2. Division of Medicine, University College London, Rayne Building, London WC1E 6JF, UK
Interests: cardiovascular disease; metabolic disease; inflammation; obesity; diet; micronutrients; personalised nutrition
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Dietary habits during childhood and adolescence are a key contributor to growth and development and can affect long-term health and disease. Poor dietary habits are associated with the development of childhood and adolescent obesity, which has a great influence on risk factors for CVD and the development of atherosclerosis and cardiometabolic disease. Excess weight in children and adolescents is associated with increased prevalence of cardiovascular complications in adulthood, including atherogenic dyslipidemia, elevated blood pressure, and insulin resistance. Excess weight in children and youth persists in adulthood. Exploring the origins of chronic cardiometabolic disease in adults, several studies have emphasized the importance of environmental influences during critical periods in early life and development.
This Special Issue calls for original research or review articles focused on dietary habits and successful approaches and interventions to promote healthy weight and optimal cardiometabolic health in children and adolescents. We welcome studies that look at factors relevant to poor eating habits associated with hidden hunger, emotional eating and restrictive diets, low dietary intake of fruits and vegetables and high intake of ultra processed foods. Acknowledging the complex etiology of obesity, the limited safe treatment options and weight management strategies for these population groups, and the variety of barriers they face to participate in lifestyle interventions, we invite articles that explore effective interventions in different settings or environmental factors which facilitate changes in dietary behaviors, with a focus on well-being and healthy living in children and adolescents as well as on the development of skills and habits that support a healthy active lifestyle.
Dr. Anastasia Z. Kalea
Dr. Efstathia Papada
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- dietary habits
- childhood obesity
- cardiovascular disease
- weight management
- lifestyle intervention
- cardiometabolic health
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