Dietary Intake and Health Status in Older Adults—2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Global demographic and epidemiological transitions are occurring. Aging is a global concern that affects Western, Asian and other populations inclusively. A large portion of overall health spending is devoted to elderly persons, with much of this being taken up by non-communicable diseases. Healthy dietary patterns and specific nutrients have been shown to be beneficial for promoting health and prolonging life among older adults. While there is considerable interest among scientists regarding the direct and indirect effects of nutrition on the health and aging status of the older population, there is still scant information on temporal and regional patterns. Nutrition can have a specific impact on aging-related health outcomes and disability, such as sarcopenia and frailty, in either prevention or intervention schemes. Given the importance of this issue, the journal Nutrients is planning a Special Issue on “Dietary Intake and Health Status in Older Adults”, with the aim of providing a source for accurate, up-to-date scientific information on this topic.

Considering the success of the previous Special Issue, we are pleased to announce that we are launching a second Special Issue on the same topic. We invite you and your co-workers to consider submitting your original research findings or a review article on this topic. Manuscripts should focus on nutrition and aging epidemiology, public health nutrition for older adults or the direct impact of specific food components, dietary patterns, energy intake, macro- and micro-nutrients, alcohol intake, food insecurity, innovative foods, malnourishment or appetite on the health status of older populations. We also welcome manuscripts that focus on nutrition intervention studies (i.e., protein diet, diet quality) and the nutrient intake effect and longevity process (i.e., multimorbidity, disability, well-being and frailty).

Dr. Stefanos Tyrovolas
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Nutrients is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• health status and healthy aging
• antioxidants
• dietary intake
• nutrition components
• long-living
• frailty
• sarcopenia