Functional Foods in Health and Disease
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Care Sciences & Services".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 500
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food science and nutrition; functional food; nutritional supplements; nano-delivery systems
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: nutritional epidemiology; nutrition and chronic disease; nutrition and healthy aging
Interests: special food; food regulations and policies
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
According to the statistics of the World Health Organization (WHO), in the past 20 years, 7 of the top 10 causes of death in the world were chronic diseases, accounting for 80% of mortality. Most chronic diseases (hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, etc.) in modern society are closely related to diet. With an increasing number of people with chronic diseases, people are gradually realizing the importance of dietary nutrition and functional food. Functional foods, as dictated by the Functional Food Center (FFC) are defined as follows: “Natural or processed foods that contain biologically active compounds, which, in defined, effective, non-toxic amounts, provide a clinically proven and documented health benefit utilizing specific biomarkers, to promote optimal health and reduce the risk of chronic/viral diseases and manage their symptoms." Ingesting functional foods containing natural bioactive compounds is beneficial to enhance the vitality of the human body, improve immunity, and reduce the risk of chronic disease.
This Special Issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) focuses on the current state of knowledge on “Functional Foods in Health and Disease”. New research papers, reviews, case reports, etc., are welcome for submission to this issue, which will cover various aspects of functional foods and chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, cancer and/or scientific policies related to functional foods.
Dr. Shuai Chen
Dr. Shuang Rong
Prof. Dr. Junhua Han
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- functional foods
- dietary nutrition
- chronic diseases
- disease prevention
