Diet and Lifestyle: Impact on the Molecular and Cellular Mechanism of NCDs
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Endocrinology and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2024) | Viewed by 6665
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Interests: food and nutrition; functional food; antioxidants; polyphenols; food biochemistry
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Interests: nutritional status; energy metabolism; energy requirements; physical activity; body composition; obesity; anorexia nervosa; elderly
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Interests: cancer biology; microRNAs; epigenetics; apoptosis and differentiation; platelets; inflammation; cell-to-cell crosstalk; bioactive lipids
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The dramatic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic could represent an opportunity to rethink the social and economic development model between individuals and the community and between humanity and the planet. Regarding the health sector, the pandemic highlighted the "double burden of disease", i.e., the growth of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) alongside acute ones not being sufficient enough to explain epidemiological risks. A tripled or quadrupled disease burden has been witnessed, due to the resurgence of viral diseases—COVID-19 being the current example—and the overlap between infectious diseases and NCDs underlying many deaths from new coronaviruses, not only among the elderly and chronically ill, but also in other age groups and people with polymorbidities. This Special Issue focuses on collecting review and original research articles, communications, and commentaries aimed at evaluating the effects of behavioural risk factors and social–environmental factors on the molecular and cellular mechanism of NCDs. The key to counteracting or reducing NCDs’ impacts is to emphasize correct and adequate dietary patterns and lifestyle modifications, including weight loss, regular exercises, and a good sleep hygiene. Topics include, but are not limited to, biochemical nutritional biomarkers, the impact of physical activity on the musculoskeletal system and bone–muscle crosstalk, as well as specific chronic inflammation-mediated diseases.
Lastly, IJMS is a journal related to molecular sciences; therefore, we would prefer to publish papers focusing on molecular aspects.
Dr. Elena Azzini
Dr. Angela Polito
Dr. Valeria Gasperi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- lifestyle
- diet
- NCDs
- nutrition
- molecular and cellular Mechanism
- behavioural risk factors
- social–environmental factors
- biochemical nutritional biomarkers