The Role of Obesogenic Dietary Behaviors in Children and Adolescents
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Obesity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2023) | Viewed by 51568
Special Issue Editor
Interests: childhood obesity prevention; summertime window of risk; food environments; child nutrition policy; food insecurity
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
You are invited to submit manuscripts to this Special Issue entitled “The Role of Obesogenic Dietary Behaviors in Children and Adolescents.”
Overweight and obesity continue to persist as an epidemic in developing and developed countries across the globe, including overweight and obesity among children and adolescents. Of concern are the negative consequences associated with overweight and obesity including developmental, physical, and mental health consequences, as well as academic performance that children and adolescents experience throughout childhood and the transition into adulthood. It is known that child and adolescent dietary behaviors including low fruit and vegetable consumption or high fat and added sugar consumption, among others, have been associated with increased risk for overweight and obesity. It is also known that childhood and adolescence are developmental phases that provide unique opportunities to shape food preferences, habits, and behaviors that could mitigate the risk of obesity and other noncommunicable disease development. An additional circumstantial concern is the current COVID-19 pandemic that has resulted in disruptions to routines that could contribute to obesogenic behaviors, including dietary behaviors. The objective of this issue is to showcase the latest research on child and adolescent obesogenic dietary behaviors including contributors, health impacts, disparities, and the role of the current COVID-19 pandemic. Original research and review articles will be accepted.
Dr. Laura C. Hopkins
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Overweight
- Obesity
- Chronic or noncommunicable diseases
- Dietary habits
- Dietary behaviors
- Dietary patterns
- Children
- Adolescents
- Food environment
- COVID-19
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