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Nutrition and Dietary Pattern Associated with Diseases: 2nd Edition
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Nutrition and Dietary Pattern Associated with Diseases: 2nd Edition

A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Epidemiology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 August 2023) | Viewed by 3646

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Dr. I-Shiang Tzeng

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Department of Research, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City 23142, Taiwan
Interests: genetic risk score; differentially expressed genes; data mining and analysis; machine learning; artificial intelligence; epidemiology; biostatistics; bioinformatics
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Dear Colleagues,

Nutrition and dietary pattern play an important role in preventing chronic diseases, even those that may be associated with ordinary lifestyle factors. It is now accepted that nutrients regulate internal secretion through hormonal control. Although they may consume an adequate diet, patients with chronic diseases may be disturbed by nutritional elements. A lot of researchers are addressing how diet is crucial for the beginning of chronic non-communicable diseases like obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and allergy, especially in the early years of life. For example, Mediterranean diet may be suggested to alleviate allergic respiratory symptoms.

Thus, there is a need to emphasize the crucial role of nutritional elements (or early nutrition) and dietary pattern in the development of lifestyle-related diseases under certain situations. In this Special Issue, high-quality manuscripts are welcome which clarify and emphasize the importance of diet in lifestyle-related disease development and future disease tendency; also welcome are those which examine the possible mechanism(s) by which nutritional elements (or early nutrition) and dietary pattern exert their influence on the development of lifestyle-related diseases. Potential novel (dietary) therapies may be developed to confirm (or overcome) current knowledge gaps in this field of research.

Dr. I-Shiang Tzeng
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • nutrition
  • early nutrition
  • diet pattern
  • dietary therapy
  • foods
  • lifestyle-related diseases
  • metabolic health

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Lifestyle Trajectories Are Associated with Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease: Highlights from the ATTICA Epidemiological Cohort Study (2002–2022)
by Evangelia Damigou, Matina Kouvari, Christina Chrysohoou, Fotios Barkas, Evrydiki Kravvariti, Christos Pitsavos, John Skoumas, Evangelinos Michelis, Evangelos Liberopoulos, Costas Tsioufis, Petros P. Sfikakis and Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos
Life 2023, 13(5), 1142; https://doi.org/10.3390/life13051142 - 08 May 2023
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The study aimed to assess the trajectories of lifestyle characteristics and their association with 20-year cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence. In 2002, 3042 Greek adults (aged: 45 (12) years) free of CVD were enrolled. In 2022, the 20-year follow-up was performed on 2169 participants; [...] Read more.
The study aimed to assess the trajectories of lifestyle characteristics and their association with 20-year cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence. In 2002, 3042 Greek adults (aged: 45 (12) years) free of CVD were enrolled. In 2022, the 20-year follow-up was performed on 2169 participants; of those, 1988 had complete data for CVD. The 20-year CVD incidence was 3600 cases/10,000 individuals; the man-to-woman ratio was 1.25, with the peak difference in the 35–45 age group (i.e., 2.1); however, a reversal of the trend was observed in the age-groups 55–65 and 65–75, with a resumption of an almost equal incidence in those >75 years. In multi-adjusted analysis, age, sex, abnormal waist circumference, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, and diabetes were positively associated with 20-year CVD risk, explaining 56% of the excess CVD risk, whereas an additional 30% was attributed to lifestyle trajectories; being physically active throughout life-course and being close to the Mediterranean diet were protective, while continuous smoking was detrimental against CVD risk. Mediterranean diet adherence protected against CVD development even if not sustained, while quitting smoking or engaging in physical activities during the 20-year observation did not offer any significant protection. A life-course personalized approach that is cost-effective and long-term sustained is needed to prevent CVD burden. Full article
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Assessing the per Capita Food Supply Trends of 38 OECD Countries between 2000 and 2019—A Joinpoint Regression Analysis
by Tímea Csákvári, Diána Elmer, Noémi Németh, Márk Komáromy, Luca Fanni Kajos, Bettina Kovács and Imre Boncz
Life 2023, 13(5), 1091; https://doi.org/10.3390/life13051091 - 27 Apr 2023
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Food supply has an impact on the prevalence of diet-related non-communicable diseases. We aimed to analyze the protein, fat (g/capita/day) and calorie (kcal/capita/day) supply from 2000 to 2019 as derived from the OECD Health Statistics database. A joinpoint regression was used to examine [...] Read more.
Food supply has an impact on the prevalence of diet-related non-communicable diseases. We aimed to analyze the protein, fat (g/capita/day) and calorie (kcal/capita/day) supply from 2000 to 2019 as derived from the OECD Health Statistics database. A joinpoint regression was used to examine the number and location of breakpoints in the time series. The annual percent change (APC) was calculated using Joinpoint 4.9.0.0. The per capita daily kcal per nutrient was calculated for each country and the resulting percentage distributions were compared to the acceptable macronutrient distribution ranges. Protein, fat and calorie supplies have increased significantly between 2000 and 2019. Each started to show a much steeper, positive change between 2012 and 2014 (APCfat: 1.0; 95%CI: 0.8–1.1; APCprotein: 0.5; 95%CI: 0.3–0.6; APCkcal: 0.4; 95%CI: 0.3–0.5). In terms of the composition of the daily calorie intake per capita, the overall share of fat (+4.9%) and protein (+1.0%) increased between 2000 and 2019. We found significant differences among countries and also an increasing and optimal proportion of consumed protein per total calorie in all countries over the last two decades. We concluded that several countries have access to fat availability above the optimal level, which deserves particular attention from health policy makers in the fight against obesity and diet-related diseases. Full article
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