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Eating Habits and Chronic Diseases: Latest Advances and Prospects

A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutritional Epidemiology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2023) | Viewed by 3973

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Marta Plichta

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Department of Food Market and Consumer Research, Institute of Human Nutrition Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW-WULS), Nowoursynowska 159 C, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
Interests: eating disorders; human nutrition; eating behavior; lifestyle; obesity; public health; nutrition psychology
Prof. Dr. Marzena Jeżewska-Zychowicz

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Department of Food Market and Consumer Research, Institute of Human Nutrition Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW-WULS), Nowoursynowska 159 C, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
Interests: consumer behaviour; food preferences; food security; food acceptance
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Dear Colleagues,

Eating habits are an important factor in determining the health of every human being. In recent decades, a growing body of epidemiological evidence on the relationships between unhealthy dietary habits and a wide range of chronic diseases has accumulated. Nevertheless, eating habits are a dynamic category as they can be modified throughout the whole life; therefore, they require continuous monitoring. Eating habits provide us with a lot of information about consumed foods, including what foods people eat and with whom they eat, why and how people eat, and how people acquire, store, and discard foods. They change together with the global socio-economic changes, but they are also determined by the psychological and health status of the individual. Living conditions not only promote changes in dietary habits but may also, independently of dietary habits, accelerate or delay the development of chronic diseases. Studying the relationship between eating habits and the incidence of chronic diseases, taking into account their background, i.e., living conditions and individual characteristics, is necessary to know what is currently happening in this field, but above all to forecast further changes. Therefore, considering the wide range and long-term nature of eating habits and their individual and global determinants will allow deepening knowledge on how eating habits affect the development and/or treatment of chronic diseases.

This Special Issue of Nutrients, entitled “Eating Habits and Chronic Diseases: Latest Advances and Prospects”, welcomes the submission of manuscripts focused on the relationship between eating habits and chronic diseases, i.e., cancers, metabolic, cardiovascular, autoimmune, respiratory, mental, and other chronic diseases. We encourage you to present a broad, current view of different eating habits throughout a person’s lifespan and in different populations.

Researchers are invited to submit original research articles, using any study design, including case studies, cross-sectional studies, the implementation or interventional studies, cohort studies, and reviews and meta-analyses.

We are hoping to publish a wide range of papers in this Special Issue and encourage you to submit your research. Please circulate this announcement to any colleagues you think may be interested.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Marta Plichta
Prof. Dr. Marzena Jeżewska-Zychowicz
Guest Editors

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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. Nutrients is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly 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 2900 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

  • diet
  • diet quality
  • dietary patterns
  • eating habits
  • chronic disease
  • obesity
  • cancers
  • metabolic diseases
  • cardiovascular diseases
  • autoimmune diseases
  • chronic respiratory diseases
  • mental disorders
  • public health

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Changes in Diet Quality over 10 Years and Subsequent Mortality from Cardiovascular Disease in the Multiethnic Cohort Study
by Minji Kang, Carol J. Boushey, Yurii B. Shvetsov, Veronica W. Setiawan, Hee-Young Paik, Lynne R. Wilkens, Loïc Le Marchand and Song-Yi Park
Nutrients 2023, 15(15), 3482; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15153482 - 07 Aug 2023
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This study investigated how diet quality changes over a ten-year period, assessed using the following four diet quality indexes, the Healthy Eating Index-2015 (HEI-2015), Alternative Healthy Eating Index-2010 (AHEI-2010), alternate Mediterranean Diet (aMED), and Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH), were related to [...] Read more.
This study investigated how diet quality changes over a ten-year period, assessed using the following four diet quality indexes, the Healthy Eating Index-2015 (HEI-2015), Alternative Healthy Eating Index-2010 (AHEI-2010), alternate Mediterranean Diet (aMED), and Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH), were related to mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the Multiethnic Cohort Study. The analysis included 61,361 participants who completed both the 1993–1996 baseline survey and the 2003–2008 10-year follow-up surveys. Over the mean follow-up period of 13 years after the 10-year survey, 4174 deaths from CVD were identified. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated using multivariable Cox models. Increases in diet quality scores were associated with a reduced risk of CVD mortality for all indexes: HRs per one SD increment of 0.94 to 0.99 (HR (95% CI), 0.96 (0.92–1.01) for HEI-2015, 0.96 (0.91–1.01) for AHEI-2010, 0.99 (0.94–1.04) for aMED, and 0.94 (0.89–0.99) for DASH) in men and 0.88 to 0.92 (0.88 (0.84–0.92) for HEI-2015, 0.90 (0.85–0.95) for AHEI-2010, 0.89 (0.84–0.95) for aMED, and 0.92 (0.87–0.96) for DASH) in women. The inverse association generally did not vary by race and ethnicity, age, body mass index, smoking, and hypertension in each sex. Our findings suggest that improving diet quality and maintaining a high-quality diet over time may help reduce the risk of CVD mortality and could also be beneficial for those at higher risk of CVD. Full article
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Stressful Life Events, Unhealthy Eating Behaviors and Obesity among Chinese Government Employees: A Follow-Up Study
by Dan Qiu, Jun He, Yilu Li, Feiyun Ouyang and Shuiyuan Xiao
Nutrients 2023, 15(11), 2637; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15112637 - 05 Jun 2023
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Background: The underlying mechanisms of the relationship between stressful life events and obesity among Chinese workers are unclear. Objective: This study aimed to understand the processes and mechanisms involved in stressful life events, unhealthy eating behavior, and obesity among Chinese workers. Methods: From [...] Read more.
Background: The underlying mechanisms of the relationship between stressful life events and obesity among Chinese workers are unclear. Objective: This study aimed to understand the processes and mechanisms involved in stressful life events, unhealthy eating behavior, and obesity among Chinese workers. Methods: From January 2018 to December 2019, a total of 15,921 government employees were included at baseline and they were followed-up until May 2021. Stressful life events were assessed using the Life Events Scale, and unhealthy eating behavior was assessed using four items. BMI was calculated as weight (kg) divided by height (m2) using physically measured data. Results: Overeating at each mealtime (OR = 2.21, 95%CI: 1.78–2.71) at baseline led to reports of higher risk of obesity at follow up. Eating before going to bed at night sometimes (OR = 1.51, 95%CI: 1.31–1.73) or often (OR = 3.04, 95%CI: 2.28–4.05) at baseline led to reports of higher risk of obesity at follow-up. Eating out sometimes (OR = 1.74, 95%CI: 1.47–2.07) or often (OR = 1.59, 95%CI: 1.07–2.36) at baseline led to reports of higher risk of obesity at follow-up. Stressful life events were not directly associated with obesity, but unhealthy eating behaviors, including overeating at each mealtime (β = 0.010, 95%CI: 0.007–0.014; β = 0.002, 95%CI: 0.001–0.004, respectively) and irregular meal timing (β = −0.011, 95%CI: −0.015–−0.008; β = −0.004, 95%CI: −0.006–−0.001, respectively), significantly mediated the associations between stressful life events at baseline and obesity at both baseline and follow-up. Conclusions: Unhealthy eating behaviors mediated the relationship between stressful life events and obesity. Interventions should be provided to workers who have experienced stressful life events and unhealthy eating behaviors. Full article
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