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Health & Nutrition

Health and nutrition describes the intricate connection between what is eaten and the state of health, in which dietary patterns and the supply of energy and nutrients influence metabolism, immunity, growth, and susceptibility to disease. The relationship operates throughout the life course: undernutrition and micro…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 28× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2379-7835

Overview

Health and nutrition describes the intricate connection between what is eaten and the state of health, in which dietary patterns and the supply of energy and nutrients influence metabolism, immunity, growth, and susceptibility to disease. The relationship operates throughout the life course: undernutrition and micronutrient deficiency impair development and resistance to illness, while imbalanced or excessive intake contributes to obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other chronic conditions. Nutritional status is at once an outcome of food access, economic circumstance, and behaviour and a driver of subsequent health, making the interface between diet and health a central concern of nutritional and public-health science. Peer-reviewed research in this area examines the nutritional status and health outcomes of women and children, culturally tailored nutrition and lifestyle interventions to reduce cardio-metabolic risk, the dietary diversity and nutritional status of pregnant women, childhood micronutrient deficiency in relation to economic status, infant and young-child feeding beliefs and practices, and the nutritional status of marginalized occupational groups. Studies draw on cross-sectional surveys, qualitative inquiry, intervention research, and national survey data across varied populations and settings. Collectively this work links dietary intake and nutritional status to health and its social determinants. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research in nutrition addressing the relationship between diet, nutritional status, and human health.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2015

Epigenetics and Nutrition

Kenneth LundstromCorresponding author
International Journal of Nutrition Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-14-603

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 28 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Nov 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Health & Nutrition, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Nutrition (ISSN 2379-7835).

Journal editorial board
Christopher Ochner · United States Alicja Kuban-Jankowska · Poland Angel Catala · Argentina

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