Impact of Eating Disorders and Obesity on Quality of Life and Mental Health
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Obesity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 July 2025 | Viewed by 550
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, 08007 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: clinical psychology; psychobiology; mental disorders; eating disorders; obesity; neurocognition; behavioral addictions; therapy and new technologies
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Dear Colleagues,
Eating disorders and obesity are health conditions that affect the general population regardless of social class or educational background. They are mostly prevalent in early adolescence and early adulthood and have serious consequences for individual, relational, and social functioning. Although seemingly independent, the two conditions often interact and affect the individual’s quality of life and their physical and health statuses. The longer the duration of the disorder and/or disease, the greater the severity of the condition and the poorer the mental state of the affected individual. In this Special Issue, we aim to highlight aspects relevant to eating disorders and obesity, such as quality of life, complications of mental and somatic states, sleep disturbance, and the impact of the disorder’s and/or disease’s duration on the clinical presentation and possible approaches to mitigate its effects. We are interested in holistic, multidisciplinary contributions with a transdiagnostic perspective and the interactions between eating disorders and obesity.
Prof. Dr. Fernando Fernandez-Aranda
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- eating disorder
- obesity
- mental health
- sleeping disturbances
- duration of the disorder
- transdiagnostic approach
- quality of life
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