Education Protocol in the Treatment of Malnutrition
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutritional Policies and Education for Health Promotion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 May 2022) | Viewed by 3325
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Malnutrition, in all its forms, includes undernutrition (wasting, stunting, underweight), inadequate vitamins or minerals, overweight, obesity, and resulting diet-related non communicable diseases. At present, 1.9 billion adults are overweight or obese, while 462 million are underweight. Around 45% of deaths among children under 5 years of age are linked to undernutrition. These mostly occur in low- and middle-income countries. At the same time, in these same countries, rates of childhood overweight and obesity are rising.
The developmental, economic, social, and medical impacts of the global burden of malnutrition are serious and lasting for individuals and their families, for communities, and for countries. Nutrition education has potential benefits in improving dietary habits. However, the best and most effective protocols are still unclear. Under different circumstances, different approaches may be required since nutritional status, knowledge, and skills vary between people, cultures, countries, and regions.
We would like to collect a wide range of articles aimed at establishing the basis of a proper education protocol and discussing appropriate education theories, methods, and timing for the implementation of these protocols. Submissions of original articles, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and commentaries are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Marisa Guillén
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- malnutrition treatment
- education protocol
- dietary habits
- life style habits
