Association between Childhood Obesity and Dietary Intake and Lifestyle
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2024) | Viewed by 20689
Special Issue Editors
Interests: children; adolescents; cardiovascular risk; overweight and obesity; visceral adiposity; hypertension; dyslipidemia; insulin resistance; uric acid; cytokines
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Interests: body composition; obesity; ketogenic diet; metabolic syndrome; eating behavior; Mediterranean diet
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Obesity is a complex multifactorial disorder resulting from genetic and environmental factors, and in pediatric age, the interaction between these factors is pivotal, and primary prevention becomes of paramount value.
In children and adolescents, family, school, and peers have fundamental influences on the development of lifestyles and nutrition, which are also determined by mass media and commercials. Equally important are economic, social, and cultural factors, and extensive evidence shows that the poorest and most marginalized individuals are at greater risk of obesity. The inability to participate in sports and living outdoors can also promote the onset of excess weight, and data are emerging on the negative role of environmental pollution. Psychological issues, such as emotional deprivation, depression or bullying, may also contribute to inducing or maintaining obesity.
Obesity is a disease in itself, but it is also a risk factor for several diseases, particularly cardiovascular diseases. In excess-weight children and adolescents, high blood pressure, dyslipidemia, and glucose metabolism disorders including type 2 diabetes, hyperuricemia, and nonalcoholic hepatic steatosis are common, and their early occurrence is growing dramatically with the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity. Moreover, because obese children will often become obese adults, the current epidemic of excess weight among the younger generation could create problems for the maintenance of welfare systems.
This Special Issue of Nutrients aims to collect scientific contributions, in the form of original articles or reviews, to improve understanding of the factors (genetic and environmental, lifestyle, and dietary) associated with the development of obesity in children and adolescents and to understand whether traditional and digital interventions aimed at changing these factors can help to reduce the pediatric obesity epidemic.
Dr. Simonetta Genovesi
Prof. Dr. Simona Bertoli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- children
- obesity
- lifestyle
- diet
- cardiovascular risk
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