Nutritional, Dietary, and Cancer Prevention Issues among African Americans
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2020) | Viewed by 2816
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Interests: product development with emphasis on the sweetpotato; diabetes prevention; diet, nutrition and cancer prevention issues among African Americans; the food environment, childhood obesity and cancer prevention in the Alabama Black Belt
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Dear Colleagues,
We are organizing a Special Issue on Nutritional, Dietary and Cancer Prevention Issues among African Americans in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The venue is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes articles and communications in the interdisciplinary area of environmental health sciences and public health. For detailed information on the journal, we refer you to https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph.
Globally, cancer continues to be a major public health threat, and is estimated to increase by 75% by the year 2030. In the United States (USA), cancer is the second leading cause of death. African American/Black individuals bear a disproportionate share of the cancer burden, having the highest and lowest death and survival rates, respectively, of any racial or ethnic group for most cancers. Complex and interrelated dynamics contribute to cancer development; however, many cancers are preventable by addressing risk factors such as poor nutrition, inadequate dietary patterns, overweight, obesity, physical inactivity, tobacco use, lack of health coverage, low socioeconomic status, and poor education levels. Research and systematic reviews regarding Black populations and cancer from regional, national and international (developing and developed countries) can offer insights and possible solutions to the nutritional, dietary and cancer prevention issues among African Americans/Blacks across the Diaspora.
This Special Issue is open to any subject area related to the impacts of nutritional, dietary patterns and cancer prevention issues among African American/Black populations. The listed keywords suggest just a few of the many possibilities.
Prof. Dr. Adelia Bovell-Benjamin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Nutrition and cancer
- Dietary patterns and cancer
- Overweight, obesity and cancer
- Physical inactivity and cancer
- Education levels and cancer
- Food environment and cancer
- Socioeconomic status and cancer
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