Childhood obesity constitutes one of the most challenging public health problems of our century due to its epidemic proportions and the related significant morbidity and mortality, increasing also public healthcare costs. The prevalence of childhood obesity has considerably increased in the last few decades across all the world regions, ranging from 4% in 1975 to more than 18% nowadays. Alarmingly enough, children with obesity demonstrate a 5-fold higher risk of remaining obese in adulthood. Notably, childhood obesity is a major risk factor for many chronic pathological conditions, including three of the main non-communicable diseases worldwide: diabetes mellitus type II, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. A common risk factor associated with childhood obesity concerns nutrition or the type of diet that children adopt in their daily lives. Several nutritional interventions have been proposed with the aim of reducing the prevalence of childhood obesity. The currently available research reinforces the urgent demand for the development and implementation of well-organized public strategies and policies that could inform the future parent about the beneficial effects of diverse nutritional interventions at the early stages of their children's life in combination with other lifestyle factors, e.g., physical activity, against childhood overweight and obesity.
In this aspect, the present Research Topic will be focused on novel research efforts which aim to evaluate potential nutritional interventions, including either specific dietary patterns or foodstuffs ingredients, which may prevent or even co-treat childhood obesity and related diseases.
• Nutritional interventional and observational studies on dietary patterns for the prevention and/or co-treatment of childhood obesity and related diseases.
• Nutritional interventional and observational studies on naturally occurring bioactive compounds and foodstuffs ingredients for the prevention and/or co-treatment of childhood obesity and related diseases.
• Nutritional management and lifestyle counseling of children affected by obesity and related diseases.
• Dietary patterns, bioactive compounds, and foodstuff ingredients with anti-obesity properties: potential molecular mechanisms.
• Nutritional management of childhood obesity and quality of life promotion.
Childhood obesity constitutes one of the most challenging public health problems of our century due to its epidemic proportions and the related significant morbidity and mortality, increasing also public healthcare costs. The prevalence of childhood obesity has considerably increased in the last few decades across all the world regions, ranging from 4% in 1975 to more than 18% nowadays. Alarmingly enough, children with obesity demonstrate a 5-fold higher risk of remaining obese in adulthood. Notably, childhood obesity is a major risk factor for many chronic pathological conditions, including three of the main non-communicable diseases worldwide: diabetes mellitus type II, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. A common risk factor associated with childhood obesity concerns nutrition or the type of diet that children adopt in their daily lives. Several nutritional interventions have been proposed with the aim of reducing the prevalence of childhood obesity. The currently available research reinforces the urgent demand for the development and implementation of well-organized public strategies and policies that could inform the future parent about the beneficial effects of diverse nutritional interventions at the early stages of their children's life in combination with other lifestyle factors, e.g., physical activity, against childhood overweight and obesity.
In this aspect, the present Research Topic will be focused on novel research efforts which aim to evaluate potential nutritional interventions, including either specific dietary patterns or foodstuffs ingredients, which may prevent or even co-treat childhood obesity and related diseases.
• Nutritional interventional and observational studies on dietary patterns for the prevention and/or co-treatment of childhood obesity and related diseases.
• Nutritional interventional and observational studies on naturally occurring bioactive compounds and foodstuffs ingredients for the prevention and/or co-treatment of childhood obesity and related diseases.
• Nutritional management and lifestyle counseling of children affected by obesity and related diseases.
• Dietary patterns, bioactive compounds, and foodstuff ingredients with anti-obesity properties: potential molecular mechanisms.
• Nutritional management of childhood obesity and quality of life promotion.