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Nutrition to Improve Child and Adolescent Health
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Special Issue "Nutrition to Improve Child and Adolescent Health"

A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Global and Public Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2023 | Viewed by 810

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Valérie Marcil

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Research Centre, Sainte-Justine University Health Center, Department of Nutrition, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H3T 1C5, Canada
Interests: nutrition during and after pediatric cancer; nutrition and gut microbiota; pediatric cancer and cardiometabolic health
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Nutrition, a complex science linking many concepts, including social, behavioural, biological and genetic aspects, is an essential player in the development and health of children and adolescents. Nutrition has a significant impact on healthy children, but also on those with chronic diseases and those in acute care settings. 

The goal of this Special Issue is to collect knowledge to better understand how nutrition can be used for prevention and treatment in pediatrics. We are seeking high-quality papers of various designs, including (but not limited to) qualitative studies, randomized controlled trials, cohort studies, cross-sectional studies, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses. Studies in various fields of nutrition are welcome.

Dr. Valérie Marcil
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Children is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2000 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • nutrition
  • pediatrics
  • children
  • adolescents
  • diet

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Improvement of Diet after an Early Nutritional Intervention in Pediatric Oncology
by
Mélanie Napartuk
,
Véronique Bélanger
,
Isabelle Bouchard
,
Caroline Meloche
,
Daniel Curnier
,
Serge Sultan
,
Caroline Laverdière
,
Daniel Sinnett
and
Valérie Marcil
Children 2023, 10(4), 667; https://doi.org/10.3390/children10040667 - 31 Mar 2023
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Pediatric cancer survivors may experience cardiometabolic sequelae over the course of their lives as a result of the treatments they have received. While nutrition consists of an actionable target for cardiometabolic health, few nutritional interventions have been documented in this population. This study [...] Read more.
Pediatric cancer survivors may experience cardiometabolic sequelae over the course of their lives as a result of the treatments they have received. While nutrition consists of an actionable target for cardiometabolic health, few nutritional interventions have been documented in this population. This study assessed the changes in diet during a one-year nutritional intervention for children and adolescents undergoing cancer treatments and the participants’ anthropometric and cardiometabolic profiles. A total of 36 children and adolescents (mean age: 7.9 years, 52.8% male) newly diagnosed with cancer (50% leukemia) and their parents underwent a one-year individualized nutrition intervention. The mean number of follow-up visits with the dietitian during the intervention was 4.72 ± 1.06. Between the initial and one-year assessments, there was an improvement in diet quality reflected by the Diet Quality Index (5.22 ± 9.95, p = 0.003). Similarly, the proportion of participants with moderate and good adherence (vs. low adherence) to the Healthy Diet Index score almost tripled after one year of intervention (14% vs. 39%, p = 0.012). In parallel, there was an increase in the mean z-scores for weight (0.29 ± 0.70, p = 0.019) and BMI (0.50 ± 0.88, p = 0.002), and in the mean levels of HDL-C (0.27 ± 0.37 mmol/L, p = 0.002) and 25-hydroxy vitamin D (14.5 ± 28.1 mmol/L, p = 0.03). Overall, this study supports that a one-year nutritional intervention deployed early after a pediatric cancer diagnosis is associated with an improvement in the diets of children and adolescents. Full article
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