Diet and Health in Older Women
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 412
Special Issue Editors
Interests: dietary habits; nutritional assessment; nutrition; hydration; diet-related chronic diseases; determinants of nutrition; somatotype
Interests: nutrition; bioactive compounds; metabolic disorders
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Dear Colleagues,
Human aging is a complex and dynamic process that requires the body to constantly adapt to various internal and external factors that are often unfavorable. Scientific evidence has shown that a healthy lifestyle is one of the best strategies currently available for successful aging, and modifications of lifestyle are generally the easiest to implement. The world population is aging and the percentage of older people is increasing, all while the ‘feminization of aging’ is taking place, whereby the ratio of women to men is increasing.
Women live longer than men and are more likely to suffer from serious illnesses and comorbidities.
Older women face many problems in meeting their nutritional and health needs; for example, they often have fewer financial resources and are more likely to live alone. This can contribute to stress, social exclusion, and addictions, which significantly worsen their quality of life. Improvements in health and nutritional status are closely related to diet and physical activity, also in this stage of life.
The aim of this Special Issue is to attract studies that address determinants of nutrition and nutritional status in older women. Although this call is primarily intended for manuscripts including research that concern only one sex or age category, research concerning the interaction between variables, e.g., age or sex, is also welcome provided it is contextualized within the influence or the role of diet, nutritional status, and health.
With this Special Issue of IJERPH, we would like to give readers an insight into the links between lifestyle, nutrition, and health. The Guest Editors invite submissions of original studies and reviews (systematic reviews and meta-analyzes) on the following topics:
- Nutritional status and diet assessment in women
- Nutrition, health, and quality of life
- Hydration status in older women
- Nutritional support of the aging process
- Nutritional strategies for healthy aging
- Lifestyle determinants for successful aging
- Dietary patterns in older women
- Lifestyle, diet, and frailty syndrome
- Nutrition and mental health
- Specific and nonspecific nutritional factors in the development of chronic diseases
- Barriers (social, cultural, and economic) to meeting the nutritional needs of elderly women.
Prof. Dr. Małgorzata Ewa Drywień
Dr. Magdalena Górnicka
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- older women
- diet
- nutrition
- supplements
- nutritional status
- quality of life
- health behavior
- chronic diseases
- nutritional education
