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A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Obesity".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 5794

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Prof. Dr. Margaret Allman-Farinelli

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Faculty of Medicine and Health, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Interests: obesity prevention; diet; health promotion; public health; chronic diseases; prevention of malnutrition; food and beverage intake
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Dr. Stephanie Partridge

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Engagement and Co-design Hub, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
Interests: obesity and overweight; public health; nutrition and metabolism; digital health; prevention of obesity; chronic diseases; food accessibility and consumption; behavioral science
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Dear Colleagues,

Overweight and obesity continue to escalate around the world; in this issue, we are looking for interventions, policies, and health promotion programs that have proven successful in preventing these phenomena. We welcome studies across all age groups, socioeconomic groups, and races. Prevention and health promotion in children, adolescents, and adults will be included provided they encompass a nutritional component. Studies of changes in food environments that positively impact the consumption of energy-dense foods (ultraprocessed foods) and diet are welcomed. Policy changes, taxation, food discounting, and behavioural nudges that positively impact on populations’ food consumption and lower the intake of sugar, salt, and saturated-fat-laden foods will be included. At the individual level, studies of various medical nutrition therapies or very-low-calorie diets can be included. Above all, we are seeking the good news on what is working to reverse or prevent the obesity epidemic.

Prof. Dr. Margaret Allman-Farinelli
Dr. Stephanie Partridge
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weight gain
overweight
obesity
intervention
policy
health promotion
medical nutrition therapy

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Nutritional Strategies to Prevent Weight Gain and Obesity

by Margaret Allman-Farinelli

Nutrients 2023, 15(19), 4180; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15194180 - 27 Sep 2023

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It has now been 25 years since the World Health Organisation (Geneva, Switzerland) drew attention to the obesity epidemic (later becoming a pandemic) [...] Full article

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How Can We Find Out What Indigenous Children and Their Families Need to Manage Weight? Lessons from Formative Nutrition Intervention Research with First Australians

by Lauren T. Williams, Mari Somerville, Fiona Wright, Heidi Atkins, Ayala Rogany, Kristie L. Bell and Lisa Vincze

Nutrients 2023, 15(23), 4982; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15234982 - 01 Dec 2023

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In Australia, Indigenous children have rates of overweight and obesity 1.5 times those of non-Indigenous children. Culturally safe and effective nutrition interventions are needed for this group. This paper aims to describe a Community-based Participatory Action Research (CPAR) approach to designing formative nutrition intervention research with First Australian children and their families and to reflect on the challenges arising from this process. After obtaining ethical approvals, a Steering Committee (SC), including nine Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experienced in delivering or receiving health care, was established as a project governance body to develop culturally safe project materials and methods. The Indigenous research method of yarning circles was chosen by the SC for the community consultation, and the First Australian SC members were trained to collect the data. They liaised with community organizations to recruit yarning circle participants. Individual interviews conducted by an Aboriginal research assistant replaced yarning circles due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. While the CPAR approach to formative research was successful, the pandemic and other factors tripled the study duration. To authentically, ethically and safely engage First Australians in research, researchers need to decolonize their methodological approach, and funding bodies need to allow adequate time and resources for the process. Full article

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by Nikita Wheaton, Emily Alston, Vincent L. Versace, Michael Field, Anna Wong Shee, Jane Jacobs, Kathryn Backholer, Steven Allender, Melanie Nichols, Cindy Needham, Kristy A. Bolton, Miranda R. Blake, Fletcher Stewart, Evelyn Close and Laura Alston

Nutrients 2023, 15(23), 4979; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15234979 - 30 Nov 2023

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Bold and comprehensive action is needed to prevent diet-related diseases in rural areas, which includes improving food environments to enable healthier dietary practices. Rural health services are integral to the health of rural populations, yet their role in community disease prevention is not swell understood. This study sought to understand health service, local government, and food outlet stakeholders’ perspectives on (1) the drivers of unhealthy retail environments in a rural setting; (2) the role of rural health services in supporting changes in local food environments; and to (3) identify characteristics of potential interventions. Two Group Model Building workshops were held with health service and local government leaders (n = 9), and interviews were conducted with local food outlet participants (n = 13). Key themes included ‘enablers to healthier food environments’, ‘barriers to healthier food environments’, ‘Rural health services are a leading broker of knowledge for healthy food environments’, and ‘characteristics of desirable healthy food environment interventions.’. Rural health services can play a key role in addressing the current barriers to healthy food environments in rural areas. Effective promotion of healthier diets in rural populations will require consideration of key stakeholder perspectives and the development of further evidence on the role that rural health services can play in improving the healthiness of food environments. Full article

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Effects of Diet Macronutrient Composition on Weight Loss during Caloric Restriction and Subsequent Weight Regain during Refeeding in Aging Mice

by Petras Minderis, Andrej Fokin, Tomas Povilonis, Mindaugas Kvedaras and Aivaras Ratkevicius

Nutrients 2023, 15(22), 4836; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15224836 - 19 Nov 2023

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Caloric restriction (CR) induces weight loss, but is associated with rapid weight regain upon return to ad libitum feeding. Our aim was to investigate effects of the macronutrient composition of the diet on weight loss and regain in elderly mice. Males, 18 months old, of the C57BL/6J strain were subjected to 4-week 30% CR followed by 4 weeks of ad libitum refeeding on either high-carb (HC), high-fat (HF) or high-protein (HP) diets (n = 22 each). Mice (n = 11) fed a chow diet ad libitum served as a control group (CON). Body mass and food intake were monitored daily. Twenty-four-hour indirect calorimetry was used to assess energy expenditure and substrate oxidation. Muscle and fat mass were evaluated with dissection of the tissues. Serum leptin and ghrelin levels were also measured. CR-induced weight loss did not differ between the diets. Weight regain was particularly fast for HF as mice overshot their initial weight by 12.8 ± 5.7% after 4-week refeeding when HC and HP mice reached the weight of the CON group. Weight regain strongly correlated with energy intake across the groups. The respiratory exchange ratio was lower in HF mice (0.81 ± 0.03) compared to HC (0.94 ± 0.06, p < 0.001), HP (0.89 ± 0.04, p < 0.001) and CON mice (0.91 ± 0.06, p < 0.01) during the refeeding. Serum leptin levels were higher in HF mice (1.03 ± 0.50 ng/mL) compared to HC (0.46 ± 0.14, p < 0.001), HP (0.63 ± 0.28, p < 0.05) or CON mice (0.41 ± 0.14, p < 0.001). Thus, CR induces similar weight loss in aging mice irrespective of the diet’s macronutrient composition. An HF diet leads to excessive energy intake and pronounced gain in body fat in spite of increased fat oxidation and serum leptin during the refeeding after CR. Full article

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Development of a Scoring Tool for Australian Rural Food Retail Environments

by Tracy L. Schumacher, Carissa A. Alderton, Leanne J. Brown, Susan Heaney, Laura Alston, Katherine Kent and Stephanie Louise Godrich

Nutrients 2023, 15(21), 4660; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15214660 - 03 Nov 2023

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Current tools scoring the healthiness of food retail outlets do not reflect outlets found in rural locations. This study aimed to adapt pre-existing Australian scoring tools to represent non-metropolitan areas. Rural nutrition experts were identified, and a modified Delphi technique was used to adapt two pre-existing, food-scoring tools in five iterative stages. Stages included identifying all relevant outlets, providing a description and score for each, ensuring consistency between outlet scores and pre-existing, metro-centric tools, and providing instructions for correct use. Six rural nutrition experts were identified and engaged in the modified Delphi technique. The final tool consisted of 12 categories of food outlets and listed 35 individual outlets. Consistent with pre-existing Australian tools, scores ranged from +10 to −10 and included descriptions reflective of rural retail outlets. Scores were based on whether the majority of foods offered within the outlet were consistent with foods recommended in national health guidelines. The developed tool was designed to accommodate the diverse nature of food retail outlets found in non-metropolitan areas. This study assists in explaining the link between the food environment and health in populations living rurally. Full article

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