Nutrition & Diabetes is a peer-reviewed, open access online journal publishing clinical, metabolic, genetic and epidemiological studies that describe methodologies, mechanisms, and associations in relation to diabetes and nutrition-related diseases. The journal will also publish papers concerned with the benefits of nutrition and lifestyle interventions and therapeutic trials in diabetes or related diseases for both clinical disease management and health promotion.
Nutrition & Diabetes brings to the fore outstanding research that is novel and of interest to researchers, clinicians, epidemiologists, psychologists, diabetes educators, and other health professionals working in these fields.
Contributions of broad biological interest and impact are especially encouraged. Topics of particular interest within the journal's scope include those listed below:
Basic science
molecular biology of adipose tissue, muscle and liver
molecular basis of macronutrient metabolism and inflammation
genetics - tissue gene expression; genotypes, SNPs and phenotypic variability
epigenetics
Experimental medicine
food intake regulation
fat, carbohydrate and energy metabolism
body compositon with focus on the assessment of individual fat depots and ectopic fat
animal models of overweight and nutrition-related diseases
Metabolic Syndrome
aetiological factors
ethnic differences
relationship with disease outcomes
novel therapies
Dietary interventions
reduction of cardiovascular disease risk factors
reduction in overweight and its metabolic sequelae
randomised controlled trials of dietary/lifestyle interventions in diabetes
randomised, controlled trials of major dietary intervention studies e.g. fruit and vegetable/whole grains, Mediterranean diet studies on health risks
use of functional food in prevention and treatment of NCDs
personalized nutrition
Epidemiology
prospective cohort studies of links between nutrition and lifestyle on NCDs
population studies of associations between nutritional factors and NCDs, with particular emphasis on regional/international variations
longitudinal studies addressing critical life periods and their long-term effect on NCDs