The Association between Diet, Exercise and Mental Health
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 15442
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The current literature suggests that diet and/or exercise are associated with mental health. Both experimental and clinical studies, starting from prenatal life and continuing throughout the lifespan, have investigated the effects of diet and/or exercise on a variety of mental health factors, including cognition, neurodevelopmental disorders, mood, depression, anxiety, etc. Conversely, the mental health of an individual, as well as behavioral factors, can lead to modifications of one’s diet and/or lack of physical activity.
This Special Issue will include correctional and long-term follow-up evidence-based studies and reviews of the association between diet, exercise, and mental health. Specific dietary and/or nutritional interventions that might hold some promise for modifying mental health and/or exercise/physical activity intervention and their impact on mental health will be also included. We also welcome studies addressing possible mechanisms of action between diet, physical activity, and mental health outcomes.
Dr. Amanda N. Szabo-Reed
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- diet
- nutrition
- cognition
- mental health
- mood
- depression
- anxiety
- neurodevelopmental disorders
- dementia
- exercise
- physical activity
- behavior