Chrono-Nutrition and Human Health
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 January 2025 | Viewed by 232
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Interests: role of lifestyle factors in influencing obesity; cardiovascular disease; age-related metabolic disease conditions
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Dear Colleagues,
Circadian rhythms are approximate, 24 hr biological cycles and they are seen across behavior, physiology, and metabolism. The circadian clock operates as intrinsic time-keeping machinery to preserve homeostasis in response to the changing environment. In addition to keeping time, this molecular clock regulates the daily expression of genes involved in cell metabolism, proteostasis, and DNA repair. There is growing recognition that aging is associated with disruption of circadian rhythms, as well as altered function of the molecular clock mechanism, across different organ systems. These observations raise the possibility that targeting circadian rhythms through lifestyle cues, such as meal timing, could be health promoting and may also reduce age-associated declines in health and function. In pre-clinical models, studies have demonstrated that time of feeding serves as an environmental cue that can set the phase of the clock mechanisms in many peripheral tissues, including skeletal muscle and liver. Such findings suggest time-restricted eating (TRE), a popular type of intermittent fasting, could enhance the circadian system in humans. There are currently many different types of TRE schedules, including early and late TRE, as well as a range of eating windows. This Special Issue focuses on the effects of different TRE schedules on markers of circadian health in older adults. Such markers can include biological markers of cellular health, behavioral rhythms, and functional outcomes. By delving into these specific topics, we aim to advance our understanding of how chrono-nutrition can improve health outcomes and reduce disease risk in the growing population of older adults.
Dr. Stephen D. Anton
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- aging
- fasting
- time-restricted eating
- circadian rhythms
- eating behavior
- meal timing
- older adults
- intermittent eating
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