About this Research Topic
With an exponential growth in the ageing population globally, there is an urgent need to seek holistic ways to facilitate healthy ageing and manage chronic diseases to relieve the consequences of significant socio-economic and personal burdens. Efforts should therefore focus on prevention. However, this requires a multidisciplinary approach involving healthcare providers, communities, and individuals. Healthcare providers play a paramount role in educating individuals to adopt a healthy lifestyle, prescribe medications, or recommend supplements. Communities are also essential in providing that needed support network for individuals and patients. Despite the important role of these healthcare and community stakeholders, it is pivotal for individuals to develop a routine of self-care and self-management through the practice of healthy lifestyle choices and behaviours starting from their early years. These health interventions include but are not limited to adequate sleep, physical activity, healthy diets, and the intake of nutritional supplements.
This Research Topic aims to report the efficacy and mechanisms of action of lifestyle and/or nutritional interventions that promote healthy ageing; or prevent the occurrence or progression of chronic disease in pre-clinical and clinical studies. Such literature will provide the evidence to inform healthcare providers, communities, individuals, and patients with chronic disease, and to drive health policies and practices that will promote healthy ageing and improve the quality of life for all.
We welcome original research (clinical, in vitro, and in vivo studies), review articles, and meta-analyses on lifestyles, including diet, physical activity, sleep, chronic diseases, and healthy ageing. We welcome papers on topics including, but not limited to:
• Mechanism of action of novel bioactive agents, nutritional supplements or naturally occurring compounds present in the diet.
• Relationship between dietary patterns, food groups, foods or specific nutrients, chronic diseases, and healthy ageing.
• Combined effects of diet and sports/physical activity for the prevention of these diseases.
• Intersections between nutrition and sleep quality, sleep duration, chronotype, and sleep patterns.
The research presented should describe the mechanisms of actions and/or clinical biomarkers involved in the efficacy of the various interventions used to foster healthy ageing and/or manage chronic diseases. The clinical significance of the data must also be addressed. Submissions that do not fulfil these requirements will not be considered for review and publication.
This Research Topic aims to report the efficacy and mechanisms of action of lifestyle and/or nutritional interventions that promote healthy ageing; or prevent the occurrence or progression of chronic disease in pre-clinical and clinical studies. Such literature will provide the evidence to inform healthcare providers, communities, individuals, and patients with chronic disease, and to drive health policies and practices that will promote healthy ageing and improve the quality of life for all.
We welcome original research (clinical, in vitro, and in vivo studies), review articles, and meta-analyses on lifestyles, including diet, physical activity, sleep, chronic diseases, and healthy ageing. We welcome papers on topics including, but not limited to:
• Mechanism of action of novel bioactive agents, nutritional supplements or naturally occurring compounds present in the diet.
• Relationship between dietary patterns, food groups, foods or specific nutrients, chronic diseases, and healthy ageing.
• Combined effects of diet and sports/physical activity for the prevention of these diseases.
• Intersections between nutrition and sleep quality, sleep duration, chronotype, and sleep patterns.
The research presented should describe the mechanisms of actions and/or clinical biomarkers involved in the efficacy of the various interventions used to foster healthy ageing and/or manage chronic diseases. The clinical significance of the data must also be addressed. Submissions that do not fulfil these requirements will not be considered for review and publication.
Keywords: Chronic Diseases, Cancer, Healthy Ageing, Bioactive Compounds, Diet, Exercise, Healthy Eating, Lifestyle Medicine, Metabolism, Nutritional Supplements, Physical Activity, Preventative Medicine, Sleep
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