Diet, Lifestyle and Chronic Disease in Early Life—2nd Edition
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2025 | Viewed by 818
Special Issue Editors
Interests: child growth and development; obesity; epidemiology; environmental factors associated with maternal and child health
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Interests: early life exposures; NDDs; HDP
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Interests: micronutrients; pregnancy; infant
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are excited to announce our upcoming Special Issue on “Diet, Lifestyle and Chronic Disease in Early Life—2nd Edition”. This Special Issue will focus on the associations of nutrition and lifestyle factors with the development of chronic diseases later in early life.
We welcome original research articles, systemic reviews and meta-analyses that explore the following topics:
- The effects of early-life nutritional and metabolic status on childhood health outcomes related to chronic diseases;
- The associations of diet and lifestyle factors on chronic disease risk during childhood and adolescence;
- Strategies to improve early-life nutrition and lifestyle to prevent chronic diseases.
We encourage submissions from a variety of disciplines, including nutrition, epidemiology, public health, and medicine. Manuscripts will undergo a rigorous peer-review process to ensure their high quality and relevance to this Special Issue’s theme.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Sincerely,
Prof. Dr. Haijun Wang
Dr. Yuelong Ji
Dr. Hui Wang
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- early-life nutrition
- chronic disease
- obesity
- mental health
- early-life origin
- children nutrition
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